If I did not simply live from one moment to another, it would be impossible for me to be patient, but I only look at the present, I forget the past, and I take good care not to forestall the future.
THERESE OF LISIEUXI want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Silence does good to the soul.
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Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love.
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The country in which I live is not my native country, that lies elsewhere, and it must always be the center of my longings.
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Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.
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A heart given to God loses none of its natural tenderness; on the contrary, the more pure and divine it becomes, the more such tenderness increases.
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I want to give myself totally to Him…I want to live no longer but for Him.
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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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I prefer to be accused unjustly, for then I have nothing to reproach myself with, and joyfully offer this to the good Lord. Then I humble myself at the thought that I am indeed capable of doing the thing of which I have been accused.
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Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.
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My whole strength lies in prayer and sacrifice, these are my invincible arms; they can move hearts far better than words, I know it by experience.
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Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
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The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place.
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