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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.

Therese of Lisieux

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Silence does good to the soul.
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nobody is a good judge in his own cause!
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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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True charity consists in putting up with all one's neighbors fault's never being surprised by his weakness, and being inspired by the least of his virtues.
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Apart from the Office [the daily prayer of the Church] which is a daily joy, I do not have the courage to search through books for beautiful prayers. ... Unable either to say them all or to choose between them, I do as a child would who cannot read - I just say what I want to say to God, quite simply, and he never fails to understand.
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God has made me desire always what he most wants to give me.
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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 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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It is love alone that counts.
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Never stop wanting for your magic
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Love is nourished only by sacrifices, and the more a soul refuses natural satisfactions, the stronger and more disinterested becomes her tenderness.
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He [Jesus] has no need of our works but only of our love.
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Why should we defend ourselves when we are misunderstood and misjudged? Let us leave that aside. Let us not say anything. It is so sweet to let others judge us in any way they like. O blessed silence, which gives so much peace to the soul!
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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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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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God would turn the world around to find suffering in order to give it to a soul upon whom He has set His Divine gaze with ineffable love.
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Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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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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As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.
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Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person.
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