Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.
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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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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If 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.
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When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.
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I want to give myself totally to Him…I want to live no longer but for Him.
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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 not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
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I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
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For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
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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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The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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Silence does good to the soul.
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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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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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