I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.
THERESE OF LISIEUXHe 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.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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What offends Him and what wounds His Heart is the lack of confidence…Your heart is made to love Jesus, to love Him passionately…We have only the short moments of our life to love Jesus!
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Discouragement itself is a form of pride.
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Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
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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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Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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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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I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.
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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.
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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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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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In trial or difficulty I have recourse to Mother Mary, whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear.
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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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