Let us go forward in peace, our eyes upon heaven, the only one goal of our labors.
THERESE OF LISIEUXI am very far from practicing what I understand.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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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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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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The science of loving, yes, that’s the only kind of science I want I’d barter away everything I possess to win it.
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I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
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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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Perfect love means putting up with other peoples shortcomings, feeling no surprise at their weaknesses, finding encouragement even in the slightest evidence of good qualities in them.
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Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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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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Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.
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For 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.
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True charity consists in putting up with all one’s neighbors fault’s; never being surprised by his weakness, and being inspired by the least of his virtues.
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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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