Therese of Lisieux
O Jesus! on this day, you have fulfilled all my desires. From now on, near the Eucharist, I shall be able To sacrifice myself in silence, to wait for Heaven in peace. Keeping myself open to the rays of the Divine Host, In this furnace of love, I shall be consumed, And like a seraphim, Lord, I shall love You.Collection: Jesus
When we are expecting only suffering, the least joy surprises us: Suffering itself becomes the greatest of joys when we seek it as a precious treasure.Collection: Joy
The morrow of this day will be eternity; then Jesus will return you a hundred fold the lovely, rightful joys that you are sacrificing for him.Collection: Jesus
In Heaven the good God will do all I wish, because I have never done my own will upon earth.Collection: Heaven
the storm thunders at my heart; I find it difficult to believe in the existence of anything except the clouds which limit my horizon.Collection: Believe
Jesus makes the bitterest mouthful taste sweet.Collection: Sweet
When Charity is deeply rooted in the soul it shows itself exteriorly: there is so gracious a way of refusing what we cannot give, that the refusal pleases as much as the gift.Collection: Giving
Since the age of three I have refused God nothing.Collection: Age
God has made me desire always what he most wants to give me.Collection: Love
In spite of this trial, which takes all enjoyment from me, I can never the less, cry out, 'Lord, you fill me with joy in all that you do. For is there a joy greater than to suffer for love?'Collection: Joy
Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heartCollection: Prayer
We who run in the way of Love must never torment ourselves about anything. If I did not suffer minute by minute, it would be impossible for me to be patient; but I see only the present moment, I forget the past, and take good care not to anticipate the future. If we grow disheartened, if sometimes we despair, it is because we have been dwelling on the past or the future.Collection: Love
For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.Collection: Love
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.Collection: Inspirational
The guest of our soul knows our misery; He comes to find an empty tent within us - that is all He asks.Collection: Holy Eucharist
I am simply content to find myself always imperfect, and in this I find my joy. Good deeds count as nothing, if done without love.Collection: Joy
If I am despised by the world, If it considers me as nothing, A divine peace flood me. For I have the Host as my support. When I draw near the ciborium, All my sighs are heard... To be nothing is my glory. I am the atom of Jesus.Collection: Jesus
nobody is a good judge in his own cause!Collection: Judging
No harm can come to me since, in whatever happens, I see only the tender hand of Jesus.Collection: Jesus
the more one advances, the more one sees the goal is still far off. And now I am simply resigned to see myself always imperfect and in this I find my joy.Collection: Acceptance
I also understood that God's love shows itself just as well in the simplest soul which puts up no resistance to His grace as it does in the loftiest soul.Collection: Grace
If all flowers wanted to be roses, nature would lose her springtime beauty and the fields would no longer be decked out with little wildflowers.Collection: Nature
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.Collection: Desire
He is not far off; He is there, very close. He is looking at us, and He is begging this sorrow, this agony from us. He needs it for souls and for our soul... Alas, it does pain Him to give us sorrows to drink, but He knows this is the only means of preparing us to know Him as He knows Himself and to become God's ourselves.Collection: Religious
It is not to remain in a golden ciborium that He comes down each day from Heaven, but to find another Heaven, the Heaven of our soul in which He takes delight.Collection: Heaven
I am not afraid of a fight; I have to do my duty, come what may.Collection: Courage
For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.Collection: Prayer
I will send a shower of roses.Collection: God
My soul experienced a peace so sweet, so deep, it would be impossible to express it.Collection: Sweet
Love is nourished only by sacrifices, and the more a soul refuses natural satisfactions, the stronger and more disinterested becomes her tenderness.Collection: God
I'm suffering very much, but am I suffering very well? That's the point!Collection: Faith
The great majority of men use their own short-sighted ideas as a yardstick for measuring the divine omnipotence.Collection: Men
Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.Collection: Perfection
The country in which I live is not my native country, that lies elsewhere, and it must always be the center of my longings.Collection: Country
I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.Collection: Heaven
My whole strength lies in prayer and sacrifice, these are my invincible arms; they can move hearts far better than words, I know it by experience.Collection: Prayer
For me, prayer means launching out of the heart towards God; it means lifting up one's eyes, quite simply, to heaven, a cry of grateful love, from the crest of joy or the trough of despair; it's a vast, supernatural force which opens out my heart, and binds me close to Jesus.Collection: Jesus
How can the good God Who loves us so much, be happy when we suffer? Never does our suffering make Him happy; but it is necessary for us, and so He sends it to us while, as it were, turning away His Face. . . I assure you that it costs Him dearly to fill us with bitterness.Collection: Suffering
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.Collection: Jesus
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.Collection: Weakness
It is love alone that counts.Collection: Alone In Love
i can nourish myself on nothing but truthCollection: I Can
He [Jesus] has no need of our works but only of our love.Collection: God
Jesus needs neither books nor Doctors of Divinity in order to instruct souls; He, the Doctor of Doctors, He teaches without noise of words.Collection: Jesus
Trust and trust alone should lead us to loveCollection: Should
Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.Collection: Prayer
(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!Collection: God
I will spend my heaven doing good on earth.Collection: Life