Jesus needs neither books nor Doctors of Divinity in order to instruct souls; He, the Doctor of Doctors, He teaches without noise of words.
THERESE OF LISIEUXA word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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The science of loving, yes, that’s the only kind of science I want I’d barter away everything I possess to win it.
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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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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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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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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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It is love alone that counts.
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Silence does good to the soul.
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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God’s mercy.
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I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.
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My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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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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