Look at His adorable face. Look at His glazed and sunken eyes. Look at His wounds. Look Jesus in the Face. There, you will see how He loves us.
THERESE OF LISIEUXLet us go forward in peace, our eyes upon heaven, the only one goal of our labors.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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Nobody is a good judge in his own cause!
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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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Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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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 world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
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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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I say nothing to him I love him.
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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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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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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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No harm can come to me since, in whatever happens, I see only the tender hand of Jesus.
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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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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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Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.
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It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
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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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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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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 want to give myself totally to Him…I want to live no longer but for Him.
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Each small task of everyday life is part of the total harmony of the universe.
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Life is only a dream: soon, we shall awaken. And what joy! The greater our sufferings, the more limitless our glory. Oh! do not let us waste the trial Jesus sends.
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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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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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