When one loves, one does not calculate.
THERESE OF LISIEUXWithout love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.
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True charity consists in putting up with all one’s neighbors fault’s; never being surprised by his weakness, and being inspired by the least of his virtues.
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It isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
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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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When I die, I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens,I will spend my heaven by doing good on earth.
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Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person.
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(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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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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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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The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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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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Do not fear to tell Jesus that you love Him even without feeling it. That is the way to force Jesus to help you, to carry you like a little child too feeble to walk.
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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
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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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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love.
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I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
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My whole strength lies in prayer and sacrifice, these are my invincible arms; they can move hearts far better than words, I know it by experience.
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For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
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Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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