The science of loving, yes, that’s the only kind of science I want I’d barter away everything I possess to win it.
THERESE OF LISIEUXIt is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
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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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I say nothing to him I love him.
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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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Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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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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Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
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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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What a joy to remember that she is our Mother! Since she loves us and knows our weakness, what have we to fear?
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For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
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My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
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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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God would never inspire me with desires which cannot be realized; so in spite of my littleness, I can hope to be a saint.
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Jesus needs neither books nor Doctors of Divinity in order to instruct souls; He, the Doctor of Doctors, He teaches without noise of words.
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It is love alone that counts.
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It isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
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Each small task of everyday life is part of the total harmony of the universe.
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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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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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Even now I know it: yes, all my hopes will be fulfilled… yes… the Lord will work wonders for me which will surpass infinitely my immeasurable desires.
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Let us go forward in peace, our eyes upon heaven, the only one goal of our labors.
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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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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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