st therese of lisieux

“ It's true, I suffer a great deal but do I suffer well? That is the question. ”

“ Thus the ordinary, uncontrolled chattering we call 'prose' changes its nature, like coal becoming incandescent. Poetry resembles music. ”

“ And it is the Lord, it is Jesus, Who is my judge. Therefore I will try always to think leniently of others, that He may judge me leniently, or rather not at all since He says: 'Judge not, and ye shall not be judged.' ”

“ 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. ”

“ If my little acts of virtue can be mistaken for imperfections, imperfections can just as easily be mistaken for virtue. ”

“ Holiness consists simply in doing God's will, and being just what God wants us to be. ”

“ I say nothing to him I love him. ”

“ I only look at the present, I forget the past, and I take good care not to forestall the future. ”

“ We must despise all these temptations and pay no attention whatsoever to them. ”

“ It is consoling that he who must judge us dwell in us to save us always from all of our miseries, and to pardon us. ”