The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.
THERESE OF LISIEUXYou 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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Suffering is the very best gift He has to give us. He gives it only to His chosen friends.
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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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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
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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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Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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Never stop wanting for your magic.
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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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Love needs to be proved by action.
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It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
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Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
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