It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
THERESE OF LISIEUXA 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.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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The country in which I live is not my native country, that lies elsewhere, and it must always be the center of my longings.
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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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Love needs to be proved by action.
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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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If I did not simply live from one moment to another, it would be impossible for me to be patient, but I only look at the present, I forget the past, and I take good care not to forestall the future.
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Each small task of everyday life is part of the total harmony of the universe.
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Silence does good to the soul.
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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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The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.
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Life is only a dream: soon, we shall awaken. And what joy! The greater our sufferings, the more limitless our glory. Oh! do not let us waste the trial Jesus sends.
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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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The guest of our soul knows our misery; He comes to find an empty tent within us – that is all He asks.
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It is love alone that counts.
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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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Suffering is the very best gift He has to give us. He gives it only to His chosen friends.
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