Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
THERESE OF LISIEUXLove consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
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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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You know well that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, as at the love with which we do them.
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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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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 say nothing to him I love him.
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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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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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Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
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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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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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Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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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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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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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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A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person.
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Never stop wanting for your magic.
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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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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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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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Discouragement itself is a form of pride.
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True charity consists in putting up with all one’s neighbors fault’s; never being surprised by his weakness, and being inspired by the least of his virtues.
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