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> [At the time of Holy Communion I sometimes picture my soul under the figure of a little child of three or four years, who at play has got its hair tossed and its clothes soiled. These misfortunes have befallen me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therese-of-lisieux/at-the-time-of-holy-communion-i-sometimes-picture-my-soul-under-the/)

[Therese of Lisieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/therese-of-lisieux/)

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## More by Therese of Lisieux

> [Let us rise above the things that pass away. Up above, the air is so pure. Jesus can hide Himself but we will find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therese-of-lisieux/let-us-rise-above-the-things-that-pass-away-up-above-the-air-is-so/)

[Therese of Lisieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/therese-of-lisieux/)

> [I feel in me the vocation of the Priest. I have the vocation of the Apostle. Martyrdom was the dream of my youth, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therese-of-lisieux/i-feel-in-me-the-vocation-of-the-priest-i-have-the-vocation-of-the/)

[Therese of Lisieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/therese-of-lisieux/)

> [The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therese-of-lisieux/the-value-of-life-does-not-depend-upon-the-place-we-occupy-it-depends/)

[Therese of Lisieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/therese-of-lisieux/)

> [She is more Mother than Queen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therese-of-lisieux/she-is-more-mother-than-queen/)

[Therese of Lisieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/therese-of-lisieux/)

> [(Whispered to a novice while standing in front of the convent library) Oh! I would have been sorry to have read all those books...If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therese-of-lisieux/whispered-to-a-novice-while-standing-in-front-of-the-convent-library/)

[Therese of Lisieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/therese-of-lisieux/)

> [When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therese-of-lisieux/when-we-yield-to-discouragement-it-is-usually-because-we-give-too/)

[Therese of Lisieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/therese-of-lisieux/)

> [Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therese-of-lisieux/perfection-consists-in-doing-his-will-in-being-that-which-he-wants-us/)

[Therese of Lisieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/therese-of-lisieux/)

> [I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therese-of-lisieux/i-felt-it-better-to-speak-to-god-than-about-him/)

[Therese of Lisieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/therese-of-lisieux/)

> [I understood that the Church had a Heart, and that this Heart was burning with love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therese-of-lisieux/i-understood-that-the-church-had-a-heart-and-that-this-heart-was/)

[Therese of Lisieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/therese-of-lisieux/)

> [The great majority of men use their own short-sighted ideas as a yardstick for measuring the divine omnipotence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therese-of-lisieux/the-great-majority-of-men-use-their-own-short-sighted-ideas-as-a/)

[Therese of Lisieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/therese-of-lisieux/)

> [It is only love which makes us acceptable to God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therese-of-lisieux/it-is-only-love-which-makes-us-acceptable-to-god/)

[Therese of Lisieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/therese-of-lisieux/)

> [Holiness is a disposition of the heart that makes us humble and little in the arms of God, aware of our weakness, and confident…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therese-of-lisieux/holiness-is-a-disposition-of-the-heart-that-makes-us-humble-and/)

[Therese of Lisieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/therese-of-lisieux/)

> [At this time I choseas friends two little girls of my own age; but how shallow are the hearts of creatures! Oneof them had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therese-of-lisieux/at-this-time-i-choseas-friends-two-little-girls-of-my-own-age-but-how/)

[Therese of Lisieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/therese-of-lisieux/)

> [It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therese-of-lisieux/it-is-my-weakness-that-gives-me-all-my-strength/)

[Therese of Lisieux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/therese-of-lisieux/)

> [I also understood that God's love shows itself just as well in the simplest soul which puts up no resistance to His grace as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therese-of-lisieux/i-also-understood-that-god-s-love-shows-itself-just-as-well-in-the/)

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