Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
THERESE 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.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Nobody is a good judge in his own cause!
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Discouragement itself is a form of pride.
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Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.
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The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place.
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Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love.
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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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(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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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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It is love alone that counts.
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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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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 heart given to God loses none of its natural tenderness; on the contrary, the more pure and divine it becomes, the more such tenderness increases.
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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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In trial or difficulty I have recourse to Mother Mary, whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear.
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