My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
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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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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Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
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What a joy to remember that she is our Mother! Since she loves us and knows our weakness, what have we to fear?
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How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God’s mercy.
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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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Discouragement itself is a form of pride.
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The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place.
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Nobody is a good judge in his own cause!
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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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It isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
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Holiness is a disposition of the heart that makes us humble and little in the arms of God, aware of our weakness, and confident – in the most audacious way – in His Fatherly goodness.
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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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It is love alone that counts.
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