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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.

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Let us rise above the things that pass away. Up above, the air is so pure. Jesus can hide Himself but we will find Him there.
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Perfect love means putting up with other peoples shortcomings, feeling no surprise at their weaknesses, finding encouragement even in the slightest evidence of good qualities in them.
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Never stop wanting for your magic
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It is love alone that counts.
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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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If I am despised by the world, If it considers me as nothing, A divine peace flood me. For I have the Host as my support. When I draw near the ciborium, All my sighs are heard... To be nothing is my glory. I am the atom of Jesus.
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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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As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.
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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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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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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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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 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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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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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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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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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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It is only love which makes us acceptable to God.
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