Let us rise above the things that pass away. Up above, the air is so pure. Jesus can hide Himself but we… — 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
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
God would not make me wish for something impossible and so, in spite of my littleness, I can aim at being a… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
Life is only a dream: soon, we shall awaken. And what joy! The greater our sufferings, the more limitless our glory. Oh!… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
My director, Jesus, does not teach me to count my acts, but to do everything for love, to refuse Him nothing, to… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
Receive Communion often, very often...there you have the sole remedy, if you want to be cured. Jesus has not put this attraction… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
If you are willing to bear serenely the trial of being displeasing to yourself, then you will be for Jesus a pleasant… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
No harm can come to me since, in whatever happens, I see only the tender hand of Jesus. — 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
O Jesus! on this day, you have fulfilled all my desires. From now on, near the Eucharist, I shall be able To… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
Heaven for me is hidden in a little Host Where Jesus, my Spouse, is veiled for love. I go to that Divine… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
If I am despised by the world, If it considers me as nothing, A divine peace flood me. For I have the… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
Remember that in ascending to the Father You could not leave us orphans; And in making yourself a prisoner on earth You… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
I had wondered for a long time why God had preferences and why all souls did not receive an equal amount of… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
In that first 'fusion' with Jesus (holy communion), it was my Heavenly Mother again who accompanied me to the altar for it… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
Jesus needs neither books nor Doctors of Divinity in order to instruct souls; He, the Doctor of Doctors, He teaches without noise… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
Life passes. Eternity comes to meet us with great strides. Soon we shall be living with the very life of Jesus. Having… — 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
For me, prayer means launching out of the heart towards God; it means lifting up one's eyes, quite simply, to heaven, a… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
The morrow of this day will be eternity; then Jesus will return you a hundred fold the lovely, rightful joys that you… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
Look at His adorable face. Look at His glazed and sunken eyes. Look at His wounds. Look Jesus in the Face. There,… — 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