The science of loving, yes, that’s the only kind of science I want I’d barter away everything I possess to win it.
THERESE OF LISIEUXPrayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.
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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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I know now that true charity consists in bearing all our neighbors’defects–not being surprised at their weakness, but edified at their smallest virtues.
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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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Never stop wanting for your magic.
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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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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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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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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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Discouragement itself is a form of pride.
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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 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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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
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