Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
THERESE OF LISIEUXLove needs to be proved by action.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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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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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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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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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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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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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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Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person.
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The science of loving, yes, that’s the only kind of science I want I’d barter away everything I possess to win 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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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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Never stop wanting for your magic.
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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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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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