I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
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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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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It isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
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Nobody is a good judge in his own cause!
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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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Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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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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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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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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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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Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.
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It is love alone that counts.
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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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The guest of our soul knows our misery; He comes to find an empty tent within us – that is all He asks.
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