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.
THERESE OF LISIEUXThe country in which I live is not my native country, that lies elsewhere, and it must always be the center of my longings.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
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A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
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No harm can come to me since, in whatever happens, I see only the tender hand of Jesus.
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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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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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I prefer to be accused unjustly, for then I have nothing to reproach myself with, and joyfully offer this to the good Lord. Then I humble myself at the thought that I am indeed capable of doing the thing of which I have been accused.
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Silence does good to the soul.
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I know now that true charity consists in bearing all our neighbors’defects–not being surprised at their weakness, but edified at their smallest virtues.
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Love needs to be proved by action.
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I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
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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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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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The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
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Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
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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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