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You cannot be half a saint you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
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It is love alone that counts.
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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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Love proves itself by deeds, so how am I to show my love? Great deeds are forbidden me. The only way I can prove my love is by scattering flowers and these flowers are every little sacrifice, every glance and word, and the doing of the least actions for love.
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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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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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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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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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For me, prayer means launching out of the heart towards God it means lifting up one's eyes, quite simply, to heaven, a cry of grateful love, from the crest of joy or the trough of despair it's a vast, supernatural force which opens out my heart, and binds me close to Jesus.
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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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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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How I loved the feasts!.... I especially loved the processions in honor of the Blessed Sacrament. What a joy it was for me to throw flowers beneath the feet of God!... I was never so happy as when I saw my roses touch the sacred Monstrance.
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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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Time is but a shadow, a dream already God sees us in glory and takes joy in our eternal beatitude. How this thought helps my soul! I understand then why He lets us suffer.
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The good God would not inspire unattainable desires.
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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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For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
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My soul experienced a peace so sweet, so deep, it would be impossible to express it.
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Receive Communion often, very often...there you have the sole remedy, if you want to be cured. Jesus has not put this attraction in your heart for nothing.
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