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Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.

Therese of Lisieux

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Each small task of everyday life is part of the total harmony of the universe.
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Harmony Small Universe
How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God’s mercy.
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Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
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Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love.
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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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Myself Practice Understand
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
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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(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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Life is only a dream: soon, we shall awaken. And what joy! The greater our sufferings, the more limitless our glory. Oh! do not let us waste the trial Jesus sends.
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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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Attachment Earth Himself World
Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.
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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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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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Desire Hope Measurement Myself Wonder Work
If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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Flower Lose Love Rose
Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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Love Space Time Universe
Let us go forward in peace, our eyes upon heaven, the only one goal of our labors.
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Eyes Goal Heaven Labour Ourselves Peace
Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.
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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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Creation Guide Himself Home Law Natural Poor
Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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Consumption Love Measurement Ourselves Surrender
When one loves, one does not calculate.
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Calculation Himself Love
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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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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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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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
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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Love needs to be proved by action.
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