Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person.
THERESE OF LISIEUXIf every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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The country in which I live is not my native country, that lies elsewhere, and it must always be the center of my longings.
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Perfect love means putting up with other peoples shortcomings, feeling no surprise at their weaknesses, finding encouragement even in the slightest evidence of good qualities in them.
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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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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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The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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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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The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
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It is love alone that counts.
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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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(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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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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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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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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Discouragement itself is a form of pride.
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