When I die, I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens,I will spend my heaven by doing good on earth.
THERESE OF LISIEUXI am very far from practicing what I understand.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Silence does good to the 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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Discouragement itself is a form of pride.
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What offends Him and what wounds His Heart is the lack of confidence…Your heart is made to love Jesus, to love Him passionately…We have only the short moments of our life to love Jesus!
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It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
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Suffering is the very best gift He has to give us. He gives it only to His chosen friends.
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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
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Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
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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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My whole strength lies in prayer and sacrifice, these are my invincible arms; they can move hearts far better than words, I know it by experience.
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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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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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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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