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.
THERESE OF LISIEUXWhat offends Him and what wounds His Heart is the lack of confidence…Your heart is made to love Jesus, to love Him passionately…We have only the short moments of our life to love Jesus!
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.
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My whole strength lies in prayer and sacrifice, these are my invincible arms; they can move hearts far better than words, I know it by experience.
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The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of it’s scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
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I say nothing to him I love him.
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(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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Do not fear to tell Jesus that you love Him even without feeling it. That is the way to force Jesus to help you, to carry you like a little child too feeble to walk.
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The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.
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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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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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It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
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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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I want to give myself totally to Him…I want to live no longer but for Him.
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Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love.
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