I am simply content to find myself always imperfect, and in this I find my joy. Good deeds count as nothing, if… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
What a joy to remember that she is our Mother! Since she loves us and knows our weakness, what have we to… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
When we are expecting only suffering, the least joy surprises us: Suffering itself becomes the greatest of joys when we seek it… — 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
How I loved the feasts!.... I especially loved the processions in honor of the Blessed Sacrament. What a joy it was for… — 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
For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever. — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
For me, prayer is an upward leap of the heart, an untroubled glance towards heaven, a cry of gratitude and love which… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
In spite of this trial, which takes all enjoyment from me, I can never the less, cry out, 'Lord, you fill me… — 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
the more one advances, the more one sees the goal is still far off. And now I am simply resigned to see… — 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
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
