Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.
THERESE OF LISIEUXDiscouragement itself is a form of pride.
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Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.
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The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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Silence does good to the 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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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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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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My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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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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Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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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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