Even now I know it: yes, all my hopes will be fulfilled… yes… the Lord will work wonders for me which will surpass infinitely my immeasurable desires.
THERESE OF LISIEUXWhat offends Him and what wounds His Heart is the lack of confidence…Your heart is made to love Jesus, to love Him passionately…We have only the short moments of our life to love Jesus!
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.
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Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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You know well that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, as at the love with which we do them.
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What a joy to remember that she is our Mother! Since she loves us and knows our weakness, what have we to fear?
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I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
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Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.
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I know now that true charity consists in bearing all our neighbors’defects–not being surprised at their weakness, but edified at their smallest virtues.
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Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.
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True charity consists in putting up with all one’s neighbors fault’s; never being surprised by his weakness, and being inspired by the least of his virtues.
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He has created the poor savage with no guide but natural law, and it is to their hearts that He deigns to stoop. They are His wild flowers whose homeliness delights Him.
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In trial or difficulty I have recourse to Mother Mary, whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear.
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Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
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I want to give myself totally to Him…I want to live no longer but for Him.
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Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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Silence does good to the soul.
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