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You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.

Therese of Lisieux

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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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Best Forget Greatness Myself Suffering
Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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Consumption Love Measurement Ourselves Surrender
As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.
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Divine Flower Illumination Shine Small Soul Sun
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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Embrace Heart Joy Love Myself Prayer Simplicity
Each small task of everyday life is part of the total harmony of the universe.
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Harmony Small Universe
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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Audacity God Goodness Heart Holy Humble Ourselves Weakness
Love needs to be proved by action.
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Action Love Need One Liner
Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
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God Holy Simplicity
The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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Home Perspective World
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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God Heart Life Moments Offend Passion Wound
I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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Myself Practice Understand
You know well that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, as at the love with which we do them.
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Action Difficult God Greatness Love Yourself
Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.
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Action Demand Gratitude Greatness Simplicity Surrender
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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Empty Himself Misery Soul
Suffering is the very best gift He has to give us. He gives it only to His chosen friends.
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Best Choice Friendship Gift Himself Suffering
The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.
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God Greatness Respect Soul

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