Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
THERESE OF LISIEUXDo 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.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
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I say nothing to him I love him.
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It is love alone that counts.
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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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I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.
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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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A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
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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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For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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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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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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Suffering is the very best gift He has to give us. He gives it only to His chosen friends.
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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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