When one loves, one does not calculate.
THERESE OF LISIEUXI realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Love needs to be proved by action.
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Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
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The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.
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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.
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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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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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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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It isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
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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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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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Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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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.
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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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