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 prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
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It isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
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Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God’s mercy.
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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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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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For me, prayer is an upward leap of the heart, an untroubled glance towards heaven, a cry of gratitude and love which I utter from the depths of sorrow as well as from the heights of joy.
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In trial or difficulty I have recourse to Mother Mary, whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear.
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Even now I know it: yes, all my hopes will be fulfilled… yes… the Lord will work wonders for me which will surpass infinitely my immeasurable desires.
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When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.
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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
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