Discouragement itself is a form of pride.
THERESE OF LISIEUXThe guest of our soul knows our misery; He comes to find an empty tent within us – that is all He asks.
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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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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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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Suffering is the very best gift He has to give us. He gives it only to His chosen friends.
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It isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
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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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It is love alone that counts.
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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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You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
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The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.
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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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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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Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love.
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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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