I am very far from practicing what I understand.
THERESE OF LISIEUXI am very far from practicing what I understand.
THERESE OF LISIEUXI realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.
THERESE OF LISIEUXThe greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.
THERESE OF LISIEUXNobody is a good judge in his own cause!
THERESE OF LISIEUXHe 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.
THERESE OF LISIEUXSilence does good to the soul.
THERESE OF LISIEUXWhen one loves, one does not calculate.
THERESE OF LISIEUXLet us go forward in peace, our eyes upon heaven, the only one goal of our labors.
THERESE OF LISIEUXThe 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.
THERESE OF LISIEUXWithout love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
THERESE OF LISIEUXPerfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.
THERESE OF LISIEUXHoliness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
THERESE OF LISIEUXLove consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.
THERESE OF LISIEUXA word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.
THERESE OF LISIEUXI felt it better to speak to God than about Him.
THERESE OF LISIEUXThe country in which I live is not my native country, that lies elsewhere, and it must always be the center of my longings.
THERESE OF LISIEUX