179 Quotes by Therese of Lisieux

Love is the Cross, and the Cross is Love.

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.

How I loved the feasts!.... I especially loved the processions in honor of the Blessed Sacrament. What a joy it was for me to throw flowers beneath the feet of God!... I was never so happy as when I saw my roses touch the sacred Monstrance...

Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person.

Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart

Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.

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.

The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.

It is only love which makes us acceptable to God.