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- passes infinitely that of the world's
greatest geniuses? It is not then either intellect or talent that He looks for here below. . . . He has called Himself the Flower of the Field[1] to show us how much He cherishes simplicity.
XIV LETTER TO HER SISTER CÉLINE
To keep the word of Jesus, this is the
sole condition of our happiness, the proof
of our love for Him; and this word—it
seems to me that it is Himself, since
He is called the Uncreated Word of the
Father.
XVIII LETTER TO HER SISTER CÉLINE
Jesus needs neither books nor Doctors
of Divinity in order to instruct souls;
He, the Doctor of Doctors, He teaches
without noise of words.
HIST. D'UNE AME, CH. VIII
As Text there is a verse which I utter
unwillingly each day. It is this: Inclinavi
cor meum ad faciendas justifica-*
- ↑ Cant., ii, I.
