Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
THERESE OF LISIEUXNothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.
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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
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My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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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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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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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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When I die, I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens,I will spend my heaven by doing good on earth.
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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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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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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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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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Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
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