Suffering is the very best gift He has to give us. He gives it only to His chosen friends.
THERESE OF LISIEUXSuffering is the very best gift He has to give us. He gives it only to His chosen friends.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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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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Discouragement itself is a form of pride.
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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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The science of loving, yes, that’s the only kind of science I want I’d barter away everything I possess to win it.
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Look at His adorable face. Look at His glazed and sunken eyes. Look at His wounds. Look Jesus in the Face. There, you will see how He loves us.
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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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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.
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I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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Nobody is a good judge in his own cause!
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The guest of our soul knows our misery; He comes to find an empty tent within us – that is all He asks.
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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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