Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
THERESE OF LISIEUXLet us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Suffering is the very best gift He has to give us. He gives it only to His chosen friends.
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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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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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Let us go forward in peace, our eyes upon heaven, the only one goal of our labors.
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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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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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I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.
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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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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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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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The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
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