Look at Him while He is looking at you.
THERESE OF LISIEUXLove consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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I prefer to be accused unjustly, for then I have nothing to reproach myself with, and joyfully offer this to the good Lord. Then I humble myself at the thought that I am indeed capable of doing the thing of which I have been accused.
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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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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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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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Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.
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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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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.
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Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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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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The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.
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A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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Silence does good to the soul.
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It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
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My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
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