Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
THERESE OF LISIEUXYou cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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I prefer to be accused unjustly, for then I have nothing to reproach myself with, and joyfully offer this to the good Lord. Then I humble myself at the thought that I am indeed capable of doing the thing of which I have been accused.
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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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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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How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God’s mercy.
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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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Silence does good to the soul.
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For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.
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Let us go forward in peace, our eyes upon heaven, the only one goal of our labors.
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Discouragement itself is a form of pride.
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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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It is love alone that counts.
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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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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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