Trying to do good to people without God's help is no easier than making the sun shine at midnight. You discover that you've got to abandon all your own preferences, your own bright ideas, and guide souls along the road… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
Let us rise above the things that pass away. Up above, the air is so pure. Jesus can hide Himself but we will find… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share
I feel in me the vocation of the Priest. I have the vocation of the Apostle. Martyrdom was the dream of my youth, and… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share
The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place. — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share
(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… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share
When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future. — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share
Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be. — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share
I understood that the Church had a Heart, and that this Heart was burning with love. — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share
The great majority of men use their own short-sighted ideas as a yardstick for measuring the divine omnipotence. — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share
Holiness is a disposition of the heart that makes us humble and little in the arms of God, aware of our weakness, and confident… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share
At this time I choseas friends two little girls of my own age; but how shallow are the hearts of creatures! Oneof them had… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share
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… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share
