Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world. — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
If all flowers wanted to be roses, nature would lose her springtime beauty and the fields would no longer be decked out… — Therese of Lisieux Copy Share Image
The splendor of the rose and the whitness of the lily do not rob the little violet of its scent nor the… — Therese Of Lisieux Copy Share Image
In Heaven the good God will do all I wish, because I have never done my own will upon earth. — 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
He has created the poor savage with no guide but natural law, and it is to their hearts that He deigns to… — 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
