The country in which I live is not my native country, that lies elsewhere, and it must always be the center of my longings.
THERESE OF LISIEUXIt is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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Love needs to be proved by action.
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Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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For me, prayer is an upward leap of the heart, an untroubled glance towards heaven, a cry of gratitude and love which I utter from the depths of sorrow as well as from the heights of joy.
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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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Even now I know it: yes, all my hopes will be fulfilled… yes… the Lord will work wonders for me which will surpass infinitely my immeasurable desires.
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The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of it’s scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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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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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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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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The science of loving, yes, that’s the only kind of science I want I’d barter away everything I possess to win it.
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