Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.
THERESE OF LISIEUXAbove the clouds the sky is always blue.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.
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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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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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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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Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
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For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
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Jesus needs neither books nor Doctors of Divinity in order to instruct souls; He, the Doctor of Doctors, He teaches without noise of words.
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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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Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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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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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 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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In trial or difficulty I have recourse to Mother Mary, whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear.
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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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Love needs to be proved by action.
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