I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.
THERESE OF LISIEUXFrequently, only silence can express my prayer.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
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I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
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It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
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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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You know well that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, as at the love with which we do them.
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Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God’s mercy.
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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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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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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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A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
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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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Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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