Love proves itself by deeds, so how am I to show my love? Great deeds are forbidden me. The only way I can prove my love is by scattering flowers and these flowers are every little sacrifice, every glance and word, and the doing of the least actions for love.
THERESE OF LISIEUXSilence does good to the soul.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Love needs to be proved by action.
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In trial or difficulty I have recourse to Mother Mary, whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear.
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The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
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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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I want to give myself totally to Him…I want to live no longer but for Him.
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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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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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Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.
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I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
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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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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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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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Let us go forward in peace, our eyes upon heaven, the only one goal of our labors.
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