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Therese of Lisieux

A heart given to God loses none of its natural tenderness; on the contrary, the more pure and divine it becomes, the more such tenderness increases.
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Divine God Heart Lose Natural Pure Tender
If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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Flower Lose Love Rose
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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Children Fear Force God Walk
He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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Himself Willing Worth
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
(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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God
Nobody is a good judge in his own cause!
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Goodness Himself Judgement
I want to give myself totally to Him…I want to live no longer but for Him.
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Dedication Himself Live Myself
My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
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Love Myself
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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Convertion Ecstasy Love Pin Sacrifice Soul
Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
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Angel Aspiration Justice Peace
No harm can come to me since, in whatever happens, I see only the tender hand of Jesus.
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God Hands Harm Perspective See
When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.
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Encouragement Future Past Thinking
For 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.
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Heart Heaven Joy Myself Prayer Trouble
The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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Home Perspective World
Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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Color Nature Sky

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