The science of loving, yes, that’s the only kind of science I want I’d barter away everything I possess to win it.
THERESE OF LISIEUXSufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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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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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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I say nothing to him I love him.
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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
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True charity consists in putting up with all one’s neighbors fault’s; never being surprised by his weakness, and being inspired by the least of his virtues.
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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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It isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
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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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Life is only a dream: soon, we shall awaken. And what joy! The greater our sufferings, the more limitless our glory. Oh! do not let us waste the trial Jesus sends.
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For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.
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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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Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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