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You cannot be half a saint you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.

Therese of Lisieux

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The great majority of men use their own short-sighted ideas as a yardstick for measuring the divine omnipotence.
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We must do everything we are obliged to do give without reckoning, practice virtue whenever opportunity offers, constantly overcome ourselves, prove our love by all the little acts of tenderness and consideration we can muster. In a word, we must produce all the good works that lie within our strength - out of love for God.
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My soul experienced a peace so sweet, so deep, it would be impossible to express it.
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The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
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Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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I know now that true charity consists in bearing all our neighbors'defects--not being surprised at their weakness, but edified at their smallest virtues.
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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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The guest of our soul knows our misery He comes to find an empty tent within us - that is all He asks.
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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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Holiness is a disposition of the heart that makes us humble and little in the arms of God, aware of our weakness, and confident - in the most audacious way - in His Fatherly goodness.
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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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He has created the poor savage with no guide but natural law, and it is to their hearts that He deigns to stoop. They are His wild flowers whose homeliness delights Him.
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It is only love which makes us acceptable to God.
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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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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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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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Heaven for me is hidden in a little Host Where Jesus, my Spouse, is veiled for love. I go to that Divine Furnace to draw out life, And there my Sweet Saviour listens to me night and day.
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I prefer to be accused unjustly, for then I have nothing to reproach myself with, and joyfully offer this to the good Lord. Then I humble myself at the thought that I am indeed capable of doing the thing of which I have been accused.
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