(Whispered to a novice while standing in front of the convent library) Oh! I would have been sorry to have read all… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
I want to give myself totally to Him...I want to live no longer but for Him. — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity. — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
Love is nourished only by sacrifices, and the more a soul refuses natural satisfactions, the stronger and more disinterested becomes her tenderness. — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
Jesus does not so much look at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, but at the love with… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
You heard me, only Friend whom I love. To ravish my heart, you became man. You shed your blood, what a supreme… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
We must do everything we are obliged to do; give without reckoning, practice virtue whenever opportunity offers, constantly overcome ourselves, prove our… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
It has a supernatural grandeur which expands the soul and unites it with God. I say an Our Father or a Hail… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
What offends Him and what wounds His Heart is the lack of confidence...Your heart is made to love Jesus, to love Him… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever. — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude. — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
Do not fear to tell Jesus that you love Him even without feeling it. That is the way to force Jesus to… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
How happy I am to see myself as imperfect and to be in need of God's mercy. — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
(On entering Carmel) I came to save souls and especially to pray for priests. — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
“He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He will.” — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
You know well that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty,… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
(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 Image
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 Image
Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be. — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
I understood that the Church had a Heart, and that this Heart was burning with love. — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
The great majority of men use their own short-sighted ideas as a yardstick for measuring the divine omnipotence. — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
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 Image
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