Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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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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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Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.
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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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Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love.
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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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The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place.
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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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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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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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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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Life 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.
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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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No harm can come to me since, in whatever happens, I see only the tender hand of Jesus.
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It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
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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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Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
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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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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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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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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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