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The good God would not inspire unattainable desires.
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If I am despised by the world, If it considers me as nothing, A divine peace flood me. For I have the Host as my support. When I draw near the ciborium, All my sighs are heard... To be nothing is my glory. I am the atom of Jesus.
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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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(Whispered to a novice while standing in front of the convent library) Oh! I would have been sorry to have read all those books...If I had read them, I would have broken my head, and I would have wasted precious time that I could have employed very simply in loving God.
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Trying to do good to people without God's help is no easier than making the sun shine at midnight. You discover that you've got to abandon all your own preferences, your own bright ideas, and guide souls along the road our Lord has marked out for them. You mustn't coerce them into some path of your own choosing.
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It is only love which makes us acceptable to God.
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I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.
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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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Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.
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the more one advances, the more one sees the goal is still far off. And now I am simply resigned to see myself always imperfect and in this I find my joy.
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What a joy to remember that she is our Mother! Since she loves us and knows our weakness, what have we to fear?
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Never stop wanting for your magic
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I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
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For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
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i can nourish myself on nothing but truth
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The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
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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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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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The morrow of this day will be eternity then Jesus will return you a hundred fold the lovely, rightful joys that you are sacrificing for him.
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