I know now that true charity consists in bearing all our neighbors’defects–not being surprised at their weakness, but edified at their smallest virtues.
THERESE OF LISIEUXI want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.
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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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The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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I say nothing to him I love him.
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(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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Perfect love means putting up with other peoples shortcomings, feeling no surprise at their weaknesses, finding encouragement even in the slightest evidence of good qualities in them.
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I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.
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Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
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For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
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How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God’s mercy.
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Even now I know it: yes, all my hopes will be fulfilled… yes… the Lord will work wonders for me which will surpass infinitely my immeasurable desires.
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Love proves itself by deeds, so how am I to show my love? Great deeds are forbidden me. The only way I can prove my love is by scattering flowers and these flowers are every little sacrifice, every glance and word, and the doing of the least actions for love.
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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
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A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.
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The science of loving, yes, that’s the only kind of science I want I’d barter away everything I possess to win it.
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The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person.
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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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