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The world’s thy ship and not thy home.

Therese of Lisieux

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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Adorable Eyes Face Himself Wound
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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Charity Small True Virtue Weakness
Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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Color Nature Sky
A heart given to God loses none of its natural tenderness; on the contrary, the more pure and divine it becomes, the more such tenderness increases.
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Divine God Heart Lose Natural Pure Tender
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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Audacity God Goodness Heart Holy Humble Ourselves Weakness
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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Heart Heaven Joy Myself Prayer Trouble
Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.
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Action Demand Gratitude Greatness Simplicity Surrender
Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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Himself Perfection Willing
Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
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God Holy Simplicity
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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Kind Love Opportunity Sacrifice Smile Word
Silence does good to the soul.
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Goodness One Liner Silence Soul
He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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Himself Willing Worth
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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Creation Guide Himself Home Law Natural Poor
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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Better Experience Heart Myself Prayer Sacrifice Strength Word
You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
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Character Goodness Yourself
When I die, I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens,I will spend my heaven by doing good on earth.
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Death Earth Goodness Heaven Myself Rose

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