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.
THERESE OF LISIEUXThe science of loving, yes, that’s the only kind of science I want I’d barter away everything I possess to win it.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
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A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
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The country in which I live is not my native country, that lies elsewhere, and it must always be the center of my longings.
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Let us go forward in peace, our eyes upon heaven, the only one goal of our labors.
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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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Silence does good to the soul.
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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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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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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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My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
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Do not fear to tell Jesus that you love Him even without feeling it. That is the way to force Jesus to help you, to carry you like a little child too feeble to walk.
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What a joy to remember that she is our Mother! Since she loves us and knows our weakness, what have we to fear?
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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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In trial or difficulty I have recourse to Mother Mary, whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear.
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