How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God’s mercy.
THERESE OF LISIEUXWithout love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.
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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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He has created the poor savage with no guide but natural law, and it is to their hearts that He deigns to stoop. They are His wild flowers whose homeliness delights Him.
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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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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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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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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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Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.
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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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Never stop wanting for your magic.
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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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Suffering is the very best gift He has to give us. He gives it only to His chosen friends.
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Life is only a dream: soon, we shall awaken. And what joy! The greater our sufferings, the more limitless our glory. Oh! do not let us waste the trial Jesus sends.
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