Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
THERESE OF LISIEUXNever stop wanting for your magic.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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If I did not simply live from one moment to another, it would be impossible for me to be patient, but I only look at the present, I forget the past, and I take good care not to forestall the future.
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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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I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.
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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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Love needs to be proved by action.
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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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Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
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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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The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place.
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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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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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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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As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.
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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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