Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
THERESE OF LISIEUXThe world’s thy ship and not thy home.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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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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He has created the poor savage with no guide but natural law, and it is to their hearts that He deigns to stoop. They are His wild flowers whose homeliness delights Him.
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The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
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Life is only a dream: soon, we shall awaken. And what joy! The greater our sufferings, the more limitless our glory. Oh! do not let us waste the trial Jesus sends.
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Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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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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(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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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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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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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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Love proves itself by deeds, so how am I to show my love? Great deeds are forbidden me. The only way I can prove my love is by scattering flowers and these flowers are every little sacrifice, every glance and word, and the doing of the least actions for love.
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Nobody is a good judge in his own cause!
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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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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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