Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
THERESE OF LISIEUXWhen one loves, one does not calculate.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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In trial or difficulty I have recourse to Mother Mary, whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear.
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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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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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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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Do not fear to tell Jesus that you love Him even without feeling it. That is the way to force Jesus to help you, to carry you like a little child too feeble to walk.
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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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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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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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It is love alone that counts.
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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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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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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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Jesus needs neither books nor Doctors of Divinity in order to instruct souls; He, the Doctor of Doctors, He teaches without noise of words.
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