It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
THERESE OF LISIEUXWhose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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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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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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Nobody is a good judge in his own cause!
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When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.
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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.
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You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
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The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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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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Each small task of everyday life is part of the total harmony of the universe.
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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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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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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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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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