The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.
THERESE OF LISIEUXAbove the clouds the sky is always blue.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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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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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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Silence does good to the soul.
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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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God would never inspire me with desires which cannot be realized; so in spite of my littleness, I can hope to be a saint.
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A heart given to God loses none of its natural tenderness; on the contrary, the more pure and divine it becomes, the more such tenderness increases.
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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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You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
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Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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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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For me, prayer is an upward leap of the heart, an untroubled glance towards heaven, a cry of gratitude and love which I utter from the depths of sorrow as well as from the heights of joy.
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No harm can come to me since, in whatever happens, I see only the tender hand of Jesus.
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