For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
THERESE OF LISIEUXSufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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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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No harm can come to me since, in whatever happens, I see only the tender hand of Jesus.
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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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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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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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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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Love needs to be proved by action.
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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
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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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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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It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
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