For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
THERESE OF LISIEUXThe guest of our soul knows our misery; He comes to find an empty tent within us – that is all He asks.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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God would never inspire me with desires which cannot be realized; so in spite of my littleness, I can hope to be a saint.
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Never stop wanting for your magic.
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It isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
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You know well that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, as at the love with which we do them.
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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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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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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
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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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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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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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In trial or difficulty I have recourse to Mother Mary, whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear.
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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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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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