If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
Thérèse of LisieuxMiss 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.
Thérèse of LisieuxLa joie réside au plus intime de l'âme; on peut aussi bien la posséder dans une obscure prison que dans un palais.
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Qu'importe, mon Dieu, que je brûle toute l'éternité en enfer, si c'est ta volonté.
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I am convinced that one should tell one's spiritual director if one has a great desire for Communion, for Our Lord does not come from Heaven every day to stay in a golden ciborium; He comes to find another heaven, the heaven of our soul in which He loves to dwell.
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For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.
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A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
Thérèse of LisieuxIf 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.
Thérèse of LisieuxI know now that true charity consists in bearing all our neighbors'defects--not being surprised at their weakness, but edified at their smallest virtues.
Thérèse of LisieuxAnd it is the Lord, it is Jesus, Who is my judge. Therefore I will try always to think leniently of others, that He may judge me leniently, or rather not at all, since He says: "Judge not, and ye shall not be judged.
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