Let us go forward in peace, our eyes upon heaven, the only one goal of our labors.
THERESE OF LISIEUXAs the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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Look at His adorable face. Look at His glazed and sunken eyes. Look at His wounds. Look Jesus in the Face. There, you will see how He loves us.
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A heart given to God loses none of its natural tenderness; on the contrary, the more pure and divine it becomes, the more such tenderness increases.
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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
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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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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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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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I want to give myself totally to Him…I want to live no longer but for Him.
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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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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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The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.
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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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I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
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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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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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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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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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The guest of our soul knows our misery; He comes to find an empty tent within us – that is all He asks.
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Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love.
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A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
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Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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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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