Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
THERESE OF LISIEUXLife 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.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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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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Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person.
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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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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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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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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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Never stop wanting for your magic.
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Silence does good to the soul.
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As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.
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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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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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Discouragement itself is a form of pride.
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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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