Therese of Lisieux Quotes

Lie down and listen to the crabgrass grow The faucet leak, and learn to leave them so.

Accept everything just the way it is.

Love, peace and soul.

Acceptance looks like a passive state, but in reality it brings something entirely new into this world. That peace, a subtle energy vibration, is consciousness.

Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change others.

With a warm drink, in a rocking chair and family and friends around, I am working on finding peace and joy in the moments we have been given. It doesn't have to all make sense. I don't have all the answers.

Welcome anything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.

Peace will be when you accept it in your heart.

Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted.

Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.

When I try to go with what's happening and embrace that as much as I can, it seems to be a much smoother journey for me.

As I've said before, I just want peace.

I have no ill will about anything.

Chill out, relax and have an open mind.

Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change other, but by simply accepting them as they are. True acceptance is always without demands and expectations.

A good rule in life is to tell yourself simply, 'What comes of itself, let it come.

He accepted what each moment brough him, and never troubled himself with matters that were outside his control.

Acceptance of the unacceptable is the greatest source of grace in this world.

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace.

When you live in complete acceptance of what is, that is the end of all drama in your life.

You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can't control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone.

There is a saying that to understand is to forgive, but that is an error, so Papa used to say. You must forgive in order to understand. Until you forgive, you defend yourself against the possibility of understanding. ... If you forgive, he would say, you may indeed still not understand, but you will be ready to understand, and that is the posture of grace.

I am not given to finding fault, for there are innumerable fools.

A certain giving up of control is good for the soul.

Don't worry about what you can't control.