The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.
THERESE OF LISIEUXHow happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God’s mercy.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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When I die, I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens,I will spend my heaven by doing good on earth.
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Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love.
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In trial or difficulty I have recourse to Mother Mary, whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear.
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Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
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Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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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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Suffering is the very best gift He has to give us. He gives it only to His chosen friends.
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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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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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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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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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Life 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.
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