If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
THERESE OF LISIEUXWhen I die, I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens,I will spend my heaven by doing good on earth.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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When I die, I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens,I will spend my heaven by doing good on earth.
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Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
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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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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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Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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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 say nothing to him I love him.
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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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Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
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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 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 loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
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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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