I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifice to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.
THERESE OF LISIEUXAbove the clouds the sky is always blue.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all.
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Above the clouds the sky is always blue.
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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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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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He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills.
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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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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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Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love.
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Love needs to be proved by action.
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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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(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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I felt it better to speak to God than about 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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Discouragement itself is a form of pride.
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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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