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Therese of Lisieux

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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Book Divine Doctor Himself Teaching Word
What a joy to remember that she is our Mother! Since she loves us and knows our weakness, what have we to fear?
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Fear Joy Mom Remember Weakness
The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of it’s scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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Flower Love Rose Spring Violence White
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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Creation Guide Himself Home Law Natural Poor
Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
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God Holy Simplicity
Never stop wanting for your magic.
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Magic Stop Yourself
Love proves itself by deeds, so how am I to show my love? Great deeds are forbidden me. The only way I can prove my love is by scattering flowers and these flowers are every little sacrifice, every glance and word, and the doing of the least actions for love.
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Action Flower Greatness Love Myself Sacrifice
The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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Home Perspective World
Nobody is a good judge in his own cause!
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Goodness Himself Judgement
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
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
Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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Attachment Earth Himself World
Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love.
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Kind Love Opportunity Sacrifice Smile Word
The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
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God Heart Love Mom
It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
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Myself Strength Weakness
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

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