The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
THERESE OF LISIEUXHe 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.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God’s mercy.
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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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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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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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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
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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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Silence does good to the soul.
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If 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.
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It is love alone that counts.
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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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Suffering is the very best gift He has to give us. He gives it only to His chosen friends.
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Holiness 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.
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