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The country in which I live is not my native country, that lies elsewhere, and it must always be the center of my longings.

Therese of Lisieux

When one loves, one does not calculate.
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Calculation Himself Love
Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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Color Nature Sky
Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person.
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Help Learning Myself Person Simplicity
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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Awake Dreams Greatness Life Limitation Ourselves Suffering Wasted Time
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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Charity Small True Virtue Weakness
My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
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Love Myself
Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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Himself Perfection Willing
The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.
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God Greatness Respect Soul
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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Embrace Heart Joy Love Myself Prayer Simplicity
It isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
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Enough Evidence Love
Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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Attachment Earth Himself World
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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Desire Hope Measurement Myself Wonder Work
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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Divine God Heart Lose Natural Pure Tender
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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Action Flower Greatness Love Myself Sacrifice
I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
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Better Choice Feeling God Himself
The country in which I live is not my native country, that lies elsewhere, and it must always be the center of my longings.
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Country Lying Myself Native

The country in which I live is not my native country, that lies elsewhere, and it must always be the center of my longings.

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