My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
THERESE OF LISIEUXTrials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Discouragement itself is a form of pride.
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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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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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Silence does good to the soul.
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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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How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God’s mercy.
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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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(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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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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When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.
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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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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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Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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