You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
THERESE OF LISIEUXLet us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
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I know now that true charity consists in bearing all our neighbors’defects–not being surprised at their weakness, but edified at their smallest virtues.
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The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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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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Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
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It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
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The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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Each small task of everyday life is part of the total harmony of the universe.
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Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love.
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Love needs to be proved by action.
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The country in which I live is not my native country, that lies elsewhere, and it must always be the center of my longings.
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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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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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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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