Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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I know now that true charity consists in bearing all our neighbors’defects–not being surprised at their weakness, but edified at their smallest virtues.
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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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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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When I die, I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens,I will spend my heaven by doing good on earth.
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Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
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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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The country in which I live is not my native country, that lies elsewhere, and it must always be the center of my longings.
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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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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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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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It is love alone that counts.
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