It isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
THERESE OF LISIEUXIt isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
THERESE OF LISIEUXSuffering is the very best gift He has to give us. He gives it only to His chosen friends.
THERESE OF LISIEUXAs the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.
THERESE OF LISIEUXPerfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
THERESE OF LISIEUXLove needs to be proved by action.
THERESE OF LISIEUXWhen we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.
THERESE OF LISIEUXI say nothing to him I love him.
THERESE OF LISIEUXNothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
THERESE OF LISIEUXMy vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
THERESE OF LISIEUXLife 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.
THERESE OF LISIEUXWithout love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
THERESE OF LISIEUXWhen one loves, one does not calculate.
THERESE OF LISIEUXI want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
THERESE OF LISIEUXIf I did not simply live from one moment to another, it would be impossible for me to be patient, but I only look at the present, I forget the past, and I take good care not to forestall the future.
THERESE OF LISIEUXPrayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
THERESE OF LISIEUXSufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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