For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
THERESE OF LISIEUXFor 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.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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What a joy to remember that she is our Mother! Since she loves us and knows our weakness, what have we to fear?
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I say nothing to him I love him.
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When I die, I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens,I will spend my heaven by doing good on earth.
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Nobody is a good judge in his own cause!
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Do not fear to tell Jesus that you love Him even without feeling it. That is the way to force Jesus to help you, to carry you like a little child too feeble to walk.
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As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.
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I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
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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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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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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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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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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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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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I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
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Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.
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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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Even now I know it: yes, all my hopes will be fulfilled… yes… the Lord will work wonders for me which will surpass infinitely my immeasurable desires.
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Love needs to be proved by action.
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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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I know now that true charity consists in bearing all our neighbors’defects–not being surprised at their weakness, but edified at their smallest virtues.
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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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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
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