The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
THERESE OF LISIEUXThe greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
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Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
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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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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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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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Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
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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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Never stop wanting for your magic.
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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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Love proves itself by deeds, so how am I to show my love? Great deeds are forbidden me. The only way I can prove my love is by scattering flowers and these flowers are every little sacrifice, every glance and word, and the doing of the least actions for love.
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Holiness is a disposition of the heart that makes us humble and little in the arms of God, aware of our weakness, and confident – in the most audacious way – in His Fatherly goodness.
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A heart given to God loses none of its natural tenderness; on the contrary, the more pure and divine it becomes, the more such tenderness increases.
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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
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