(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
THERESE OF LISIEUXIt is love alone that counts.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God’s mercy.
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The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
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Perfect love means putting up with other peoples shortcomings, feeling no surprise at their weaknesses, finding encouragement even in the slightest evidence of good qualities in them.
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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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Life is only a dream: soon, we shall awaken. And what joy! The greater our sufferings, the more limitless our glory. Oh! do not let us waste the trial Jesus sends.
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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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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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Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love.
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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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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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Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.
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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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