What a joy to remember that she is our Mother! Since she loves us and knows our weakness, what have we to fear?
THERESE OF LISIEUXI want to give myself totally to Him…I want to live no longer but for Him.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Silence does good to the soul.
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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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Suffering is the very best gift He has to give us. He gives it only to His chosen friends.
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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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The guest of our soul knows our misery; He comes to find an empty tent within us – that is all He asks.
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Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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It is love alone that counts.
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Love needs to be proved by action.
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The science of loving, yes, that’s the only kind of science I want I’d barter away everything I possess to win it.
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The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
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If I did not simply live from one moment to another, it would be impossible for me to be patient, but I only look at the present, I forget the past, and I take good care not to forestall the future.
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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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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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