The science of loving, yes, that’s the only kind of science I want I’d barter away everything I possess to win it.
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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I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.
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Love needs to be proved by action.
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When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.
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Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.
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Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.
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I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
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Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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Look at His adorable face. Look at His glazed and sunken eyes. Look at His wounds. Look Jesus in the Face. There, you will see how He loves us.
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Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
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If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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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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Perfect love means putting up with other peoples shortcomings, feeling no surprise at their weaknesses, finding encouragement even in the slightest evidence of good qualities in them.
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It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.
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The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.
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It is love alone that counts.
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