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.
THERESE OF LISIEUXI am very far from practicing what I understand.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.
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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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Silence does good to the soul.
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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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Love needs to be proved by action.
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He has created the poor savage with no guide but natural law, and it is to their hearts that He deigns to stoop. They are His wild flowers whose homeliness delights Him.
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Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love.
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Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
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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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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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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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