Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love.
THERESE OF LISIEUXLove consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.
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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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What a joy to remember that she is our Mother! Since she loves us and knows our weakness, what have we to fear?
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My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
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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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You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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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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Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
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Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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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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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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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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