Jesus needs neither books nor Doctors of Divinity in order to instruct souls; He, the Doctor of Doctors, He teaches without noise of words.
THERESE OF LISIEUXIf every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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I want to give myself totally to Him…I want to live no longer but for Him.
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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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You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
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Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
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Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
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I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
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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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Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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What a joy to remember that she is our Mother! Since she loves us and knows our weakness, what have we to fear?
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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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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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Look at His adorable face. Look at His glazed and sunken eyes. Look at His wounds. Look Jesus in the Face. There, you will see how He loves us.
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