Even now I know it: yes, all my hopes will be fulfilled… yes… the Lord will work wonders for me which will surpass infinitely my immeasurable desires.
THERESE OF LISIEUXHe does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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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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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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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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I know now that true charity consists in bearing all our neighbors’defects–not being surprised at their weakness, but edified at their smallest virtues.
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I say nothing to him I love him.
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Love proves itself by deeds, so how am I to show my love? Great deeds are forbidden me. The only way I can prove my love is by scattering flowers and these flowers are every little sacrifice, every glance and word, and the doing of the least actions for love.
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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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You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
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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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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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Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person.
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Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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