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.
THERESE OF LISIEUXYou 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.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Each small task of everyday life is part of the total harmony of the universe.
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For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
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The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.
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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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I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
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My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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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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It isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
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The country in which I live is not my native country, that lies elsewhere, and it must always be the center of my longings.
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Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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