Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world. — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person. — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
Time is but a shadow, a dream; already God sees us in glory and takes joy in our eternal beatitude. How this… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
Trying to do good to people without God's help is no easier than making the sun shine at midnight. You discover that… — 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
By our little acts of charity practiced in the shade we convert souls far away, we help missionaries, we win for them… — 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
