The guest of our soul knows our misery; He comes to find an empty tent within us – that is all He asks.
THERESE OF LISIEUXJesus needs neither books nor Doctors of Divinity in order to instruct souls; He, the Doctor of Doctors, He teaches without noise of words.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
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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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Discouragement itself is a form of pride.
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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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Look at His adorable face. Look at His glazed and sunken eyes. Look at His wounds. Look Jesus in the Face. There, you will see how He loves us.
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I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
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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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You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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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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Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
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Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person.
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I want to give myself totally to Him…I want to live no longer but for Him.
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