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.
THERESE OF LISIEUXLove 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.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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Suffering is the very best gift He has to give us. He gives it only to His chosen friends.
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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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Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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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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Nobody is a good judge in his own cause!
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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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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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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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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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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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