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 LISIEUXFor 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.
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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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.
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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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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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Silence does good to the soul.
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I want to give myself totally to Him…I want to live no longer but for Him.
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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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God would never inspire me with desires which cannot be realized; so in spite of my littleness, I can hope to be a saint.
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It is love alone that counts.
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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.
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The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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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 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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Each small task of everyday life is part of the total harmony of the universe.
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