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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It isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
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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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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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I say nothing to him I love him.
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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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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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Never stop wanting for your magic.
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Let us go forward in peace, our eyes upon heaven, the only one goal of our labors.
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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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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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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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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.
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(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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