I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.
THERESE OF LISIEUXLook at Him while He is looking at you.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Suffering is the very best gift He has to give us. He gives it only to His chosen friends.
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Love needs to be proved by action.
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Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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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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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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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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It isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
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My whole strength lies in prayer and sacrifice, these are my invincible arms; they can move hearts far better than words, I know it by experience.
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I say nothing to him I love him.
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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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Never stop wanting for your magic.
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Jesus needs neither books nor Doctors of Divinity in order to instruct souls; He, the Doctor of Doctors, He teaches without noise of words.
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