Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
THERESE OF LISIEUXOur Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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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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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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It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
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For me, prayer is an upward leap of the heart, an untroubled glance towards heaven, a cry of gratitude and love which I utter from the depths of sorrow as well as from the heights of joy.
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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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You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
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The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
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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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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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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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Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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