Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
THERESE OF LISIEUXLet us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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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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It isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
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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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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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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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In trial or difficulty I have recourse to Mother Mary, whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear.
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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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The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
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Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.
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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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Jesus needs neither books nor Doctors of Divinity in order to instruct souls; He, the Doctor of Doctors, He teaches without noise of words.
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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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A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
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