Therese of Lisieux Quotes

For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.

Silence does good to the soul.

Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.

No harm can come to me since, in whatever happens, I see only the tender hand of Jesus.

Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.

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.

Love needs to be proved by action.

The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of it’s scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.

A heart given to God loses none of its natural tenderness; on the contrary, the more pure and divine it becomes, the more such tenderness increases.

Nobody is a good judge in his own cause!