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.
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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Do not fear to tell Jesus that you love Him even without feeling it. That is the way to force Jesus to help you, to carry you like a little child too feeble to walk.
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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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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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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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I want to give myself totally to Him…I want to live no longer but for Him.
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Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
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He has created the poor savage with no guide but natural law, and it is to their hearts that He deigns to stoop. They are His wild flowers whose homeliness delights Him.
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Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.
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I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
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Holiness is a disposition of the heart that makes us humble and little in the arms of God, aware of our weakness, and confident – in the most audacious way – in His Fatherly goodness.
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Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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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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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
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My whole strength lies in prayer and sacrifice, these are my invincible arms; they can move hearts far better than words, I know it by experience.
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I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.
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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
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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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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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What a joy to remember that she is our Mother! Since she loves us and knows our weakness, what have we to fear?
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The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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Look at His adorable face. Look at His glazed and sunken eyes. Look at His wounds. Look Jesus in the Face. There, you will see how He loves us.
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Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love.
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