I want to give myself totally to Him…I want to live no longer but for Him.
THERESE OF LISIEUXWhen we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
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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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The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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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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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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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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Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
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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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It isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
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Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
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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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As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.
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