Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
THERESE OF LISIEUXThe science of loving, yes, that’s the only kind of science I want I’d barter away everything I possess to win it.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.
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It isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
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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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The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of it’s scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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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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My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
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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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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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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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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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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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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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Suffering is the very best gift He has to give us. He gives it only to His chosen friends.
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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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Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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