If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
THERESE OF LISIEUXI felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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When I die, I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens,I will spend my heaven by doing good on earth.
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Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
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I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.
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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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It isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
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Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person.
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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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Love needs to be proved by action.
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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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No harm can come to me since, in whatever happens, I see only the tender hand of Jesus.
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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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