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How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God’s mercy.

Therese of Lisieux

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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Charity Mistake True Virtue Weakness
Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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Interest Selfish Work
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.
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Forget Future Impossible Live Moments Myself Past Simplicity
He has created the poor savage with no guide but natural law, and it is to their hearts that He deigns to stoop. They are His wild flowers whose homeliness delights Him.
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Creation Guide Himself Home Law Natural Poor
Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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Consumption Love Measurement Ourselves Surrender
Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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Himself Perfection Willing
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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Humble Joy Myself Offering Thinking
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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Country Lying Myself Native
Never stop wanting for your magic.
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Magic Stop Yourself
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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Better Experience Heart Myself Prayer Sacrifice Strength Word
Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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Brilliant Count Love Worth
Discouragement itself is a form of pride.
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Encouragement Pride
Do not fear to tell Jesus that you love Him even without feeling it. That is the way to force Jesus to help you, to carry you like a little child too feeble to walk.
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Children Fear Force God Walk
I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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Myself Practice Understand
Each small task of everyday life is part of the total harmony of the universe.
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Harmony Small Universe
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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Action Difficult God Greatness Love Yourself

How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God’s mercy.

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