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i can nourish myself on nothing but truth

Therese of Lisieux

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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 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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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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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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My vocation, at last I have found it my vocation is love.
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the storm thunders at my heart I find it difficult to believe in the existence of anything except the clouds which limit my horizon.
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It is only love which makes us acceptable to God.
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The world's thy ship and not thy home.
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A heart given to God loses none of its natural tenderness on the contrary, the more pure and divine it becomes, the more such tenderness increases.
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And it is the Lord, it is Jesus, Who is my judge. Therefore I will try always to think leniently of others, that He may judge me leniently, or rather not at all, since He says: Judge not, and ye shall not be judged.
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O Jesus! on this day, you have fulfilled all my desires. From now on, near the Eucharist, I shall be able To sacrifice myself in silence, to wait for Heaven in peace. Keeping myself open to the rays of the Divine Host, In this furnace of love, I shall be consumed, And like a seraphim, Lord, I shall love You.
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I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
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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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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth they make us look higher than this world.
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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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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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In trial or difficulty I have recourse to Mother Mary, whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear.
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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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