A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
THERESE OF LISIEUXHow happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God’s mercy.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.
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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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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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As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.
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I want to give myself totally to Him…I want to live no longer but for Him.
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I say nothing to him I love him.
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Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
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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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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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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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The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.
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For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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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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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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