The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
THERESE OF LISIEUXLet us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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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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Discouragement itself is a form of pride.
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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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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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Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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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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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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Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
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Perfect love means putting up with other peoples shortcomings, feeling no surprise at their weaknesses, finding encouragement even in the slightest evidence of good qualities in them.
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It is love alone that counts.
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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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I want to give myself totally to Him…I want to live no longer but for Him.
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Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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