Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.
THERESE OF LISIEUXLet us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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If I did not simply live from one moment to another, it would be impossible for me to be patient, but I only look at the present, I forget the past, and I take good care not to forestall the future.
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Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
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I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
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The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
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(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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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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My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
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I prefer to be accused unjustly, for then I have nothing to reproach myself with, and joyfully offer this to the good Lord. Then I humble myself at the thought that I am indeed capable of doing the thing of which I have been accused.
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The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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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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How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God’s mercy.
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Silence does good to the soul.
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