Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
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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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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Nobody is a good judge in his own cause!
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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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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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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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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
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Holiness is a disposition of the heart that makes us humble and little in the arms of God, aware of our weakness, and confident – in the most audacious way – in His Fatherly goodness.
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Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love.
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It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
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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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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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