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Therese of Lisieux

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.
THERESE OF LISIEUX

Embrace Heart Joy Love Myself Prayer Simplicity
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.
THERESE OF LISIEUX

Kind Love Opportunity Sacrifice Smile Word
Let us go forward in peace, our eyes upon heaven, the only one goal of our labors.
THERESE OF LISIEUX

Eyes Goal Heaven Labour Ourselves Peace
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
Look at Him while He is looking at you.
THERESE OF LISIEUX

God Himself Yourself
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
The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place.
THERESE OF LISIEUX

Life Place Value Way Worth
I prefer to be accused unjustly, for then I have nothing to reproach myself with, and joyfully offer this to the good Lord. Then I humble myself at the thought that I am indeed capable of doing the thing of which I have been accused.
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Humble Joy Myself Offering Thinking
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
I want to give myself totally to Him…I want to live no longer but for Him.
THERESE OF LISIEUX

Dedication Himself Live Myself
Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart
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Heart Leap Prayer
You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
THERESE OF LISIEUX

Character Goodness Yourself
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.
THERESE OF LISIEUX

Creation Guide Himself Home Law Natural Poor
I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.
THERESE OF LISIEUX

Best Forget Greatness Myself Suffering
If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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Flower Lose Love Rose
How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God’s mercy.
THERESE OF LISIEUX

God Happiness Imperfection Mercy Myself Need

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