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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
Therese of Lisieux
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It is only love which makes us acceptable to God.
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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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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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Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love.
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I am simply content to find myself always imperfect, and in this I find my joy. Good deeds count as nothing, if done without love.
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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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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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Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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What offends Him and what wounds His Heart is the lack of confidence...Your heart is made to love Jesus, to love Him passionately...We have only the short moments of our life to love Jesus!
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Jesus needs neither books nor Doctors of Divinity in order to instruct souls He, the Doctor of Doctors, He teaches without noise of words.
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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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I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
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(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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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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My soul experienced a peace so sweet, so deep, it would be impossible to express it.
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Whose hands are God's hands, but our hands?
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My whole strength lies in prayer and sacrifice, these are my invincible arms they can move hearts far better than words, I know it by experience.
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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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