For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
THERESE OF LISIEUXHoliness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
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I want to give myself totally to Him…I want to live no longer but for Him.
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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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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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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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Love needs to be proved by action.
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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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As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.
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Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
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The guest of our soul knows our misery; He comes to find an empty tent within us – that is all He asks.
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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place.
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Each small task of everyday life is part of the total harmony of the universe.
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