Even now I know it: yes, all my hopes will be fulfilled… yes… the Lord will work wonders for me which will surpass infinitely my immeasurable desires.
THERESE OF LISIEUXHoliness is a disposition of the heart that makes us humble and little in the arms of God, aware of our weakness, and confident – in the most audacious way – in His Fatherly goodness.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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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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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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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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Do not fear to tell Jesus that you love Him even without feeling it. That is the way to force Jesus to help you, to carry you like a little child too feeble to walk.
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I know now that true charity consists in bearing all our neighbors’defects–not being surprised at their weakness, but edified at their smallest virtues.
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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.
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For me, prayer is an upward leap of the heart, an untroubled glance towards heaven, a cry of gratitude and love which I utter from the depths of sorrow as well as from the heights of joy.
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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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It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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Discouragement itself is a form of pride.
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My whole strength lies in prayer and sacrifice, these are my invincible arms; they can move hearts far better than words, I know it by experience.
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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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