How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God’s mercy.
THERESE OF LISIEUXLife is only a dream: soon, we shall awaken. And what joy! The greater our sufferings, the more limitless our glory. Oh! do not let us waste the trial Jesus sends.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
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It isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
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A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
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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.
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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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Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.
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True charity consists in putting up with all one’s neighbors fault’s; never being surprised by his weakness, and being inspired by the least of his virtues.
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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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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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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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Holiness is a disposition of the heart that makes us humble and little in the arms of God, aware of our weakness, and confident – in the most audacious way – in His Fatherly goodness.
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You know well that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, as at the love with which we do them.
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My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
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For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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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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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
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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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It is love alone that counts.
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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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Each small task of everyday life is part of the total harmony of the universe.
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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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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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Silence does good to the soul.
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