Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
THERESE OF LISIEUXJesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
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When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.
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Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.
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Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love.
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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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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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Let us go forward in peace, our eyes upon heaven, the only one goal of our labors.
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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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Look at His adorable face. Look at His glazed and sunken eyes. Look at His wounds. Look Jesus in the Face. There, you will see how He loves us.
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Jesus needs neither books nor Doctors of Divinity in order to instruct souls; He, the Doctor of Doctors, He teaches without noise of words.
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A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
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The guest of our soul knows our misery; He comes to find an empty tent within us – that is all He asks.
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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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