It is love alone that counts.
THERESE OF LISIEUXLook at Him while He is looking at you.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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The country in which I live is not my native country, that lies elsewhere, and it must always be the center of my longings.
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Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love.
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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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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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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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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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Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
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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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A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
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