The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place.
THERESE OF LISIEUXWhen one loves, one does not calculate.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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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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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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Love needs to be proved by action.
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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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Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
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Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love.
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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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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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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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It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
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Never stop wanting for your magic.
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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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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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