Therese of Lisieux Quotes - Page 2

When one loves, one does not calculate.

Life is only a dream: soon, we shall awaken. And what joy! The greater our sufferings, the more limitless our glory. Oh! do not let us waste the trial Jesus sends.

When I die, I will send down a shower of roses from the heavens,I will spend my heaven by doing good on earth.

Whose hands are God's hands, but our hands?

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

It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.

Suffering is the very best gift He has to give us. He gives it only to His chosen friends.

The world's thy ship and not thy home.

Prayer is an aspiration of the heart, it is a simple glance directed to heaven, it is a cry of gratitude and love in the midst of trail as well as joy; finally, it is something great, supernatural, which expands my soul and unites me to Jesus.

Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.

Love needs to be proved by action.

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.

Trying to do good to people without God's help is no easier than making the sun shine at midnight. You discover that you've got to abandon all your own preferences, your own bright ideas, and guide souls along the road our Lord has marked out for them. You mustn't coerce them into some path of your own choosing.

As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.

Discouragement itself is a form of pride.

Love proves itself by deeds, so how am I to show my love? Great deeds are forbidden me. The only way I can prove my love is by scattering flowers and these flowers are every little sacrifice, every glance and word, and the doing of the least actions for love.

God would never inspire me with desires which cannot be realized; so in spite of my littleness, I can hope to be a saint.

Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.

Silence does good to the soul.

Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.

Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.

It isn't enough to love; we must prove it.

I am very far from practicing what I understand.

In trial or difficulty I have recourse to Mother Mary, whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear.

Holiness is a disposition of the heart that makes us humble and little in the arms of God, aware of our weakness, and confident - in the most audacious way - in His Fatherly goodness.