179 Quotes by Therese of Lisieux

Discouragement itself is a form of pride.

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

Jesus makes the bitterest mouthful taste sweet.

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

At last there dawned the most beautiful day of all the days of my life. How perfectly I remember even the smallest details of those sacred hours! The joyful awakening, the reverent and tender embraces of my mistresses and older companions, the room filled with white frocks, like so many snowflakes, where each child was dressed in turn.

Let us go forward in peace, our eyes upon heaven, the only one goal of our labors.

I will send a shower of roses.

Above the clouds the sky is always blue.