Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
THERESE OF LISIEUXI am very far from practicing what I understand.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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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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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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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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Each small task of everyday life is part of the total harmony of the universe.
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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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No harm can come to me since, in whatever happens, I see only the tender hand of Jesus.
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My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
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I say nothing to him I love him.
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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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Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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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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Even now I know it: yes, all my hopes will be fulfilled… yes… the Lord will work wonders for me which will surpass infinitely my immeasurable desires.
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