Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
THERESE OF LISIEUXFor 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.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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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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Silence does good to the soul.
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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
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Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
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Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
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Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.
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(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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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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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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It is love alone that counts.
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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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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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As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.
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