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.
THERESE OF LISIEUXI want to give myself totally to Him…I want to live no longer but for Him.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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No harm can come to me since, in whatever happens, I see only the tender hand of Jesus.
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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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I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.
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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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Nobody is a good judge in his own cause!
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Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
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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.
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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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It isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
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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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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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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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