Silence does good to the soul.
THERESE OF LISIEUX
THERESE OF LISIEUX
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You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
Therese of LisieuxTherese of Lisieux Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
Therese of LisieuxTherese of Lisieux 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.
Therese of LisieuxTherese of Lisieux As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.
Therese of LisieuxTherese of Lisieux For me, prayer is an upward leap of the heart, an untroubled glance towards heaven, a cry of gratitude and love which I utter from the depths of sorrow as well as from the heights of joy.
Therese of LisieuxTherese of Lisieux Look at Him while He is looking at you.
Therese of LisieuxTherese of Lisieux In trial or difficulty I have recourse to Mother Mary, whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear.
Therese of LisieuxTherese of Lisieux He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
Therese of LisieuxTherese of Lisieux I want to give myself totally to Him…I want to live no longer but for Him.
Therese of LisieuxTherese of Lisieux 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.
Therese of LisieuxTherese of Lisieux My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
Therese of LisieuxTherese of Lisieux Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
Therese of LisieuxTherese of Lisieux For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
Therese of LisieuxTherese of Lisieux No harm can come to me since, in whatever happens, I see only the tender hand of Jesus.
Therese of LisieuxTherese of Lisieux Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
Therese of LisieuxTherese of Lisieux Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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