It is love alone that counts.
THERESE OF LISIEUXLet us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
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Let us go forward in peace, our eyes upon heaven, the only one goal of our labors.
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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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A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
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The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of it’s scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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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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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
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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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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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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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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.
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