If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
THERESE OF LISIEUXNever stop wanting for your magic.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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You know well that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, as at the love with which we do them.
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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
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Even now I know it: yes, all my hopes will be fulfilled… yes… the Lord will work wonders for me which will surpass infinitely my immeasurable desires.
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Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
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A heart given to God loses none of its natural tenderness; on the contrary, the more pure and divine it becomes, the more such tenderness increases.
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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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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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Never stop wanting for your magic.
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Love needs to be proved by action.
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How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God’s mercy.
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I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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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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