Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
THERESE OF LISIEUXPerfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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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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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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Discouragement itself is a form of pride.
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Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.
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A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
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I know now that true charity consists in bearing all our neighbors’defects–not being surprised at their weakness, but edified at their smallest virtues.
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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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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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You know well that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, as at the love with which we do them.
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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
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