I want to give myself totally to Him…I want to live no longer but for Him.
THERESE OF LISIEUXPerfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
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My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
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I prefer to be accused unjustly, for then I have nothing to reproach myself with, and joyfully offer this to the good Lord. Then I humble myself at the thought that I am indeed capable of doing the thing of which I have been accused.
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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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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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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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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 greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.
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Discouragement itself is a form of pride.
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The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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Never stop wanting for your magic.
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As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.
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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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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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