Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
THERESE OF LISIEUXLet us go forward in peace, our eyes upon heaven, the only one goal of our labors.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
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Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person.
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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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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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Miss 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.
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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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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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I say nothing to him I love him.
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(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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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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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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