I prefer to be accused unjustly, for then I have nothing to reproach myself with, and joyfully offer this to the good Lord. Then I humble myself at the thought that I am indeed capable of doing the thing of which I have been accused. Therese of Lisieux More Quotes by Therese of Lisieux More Quotes From Therese of Lisieux The world's thy ship and not thy home. Therese of Lisieux ships home world My soul experienced a peace so sweet, so deep, it would be impossible to express it. Therese of Lisieux soul would-be sweet My director, Jesus, does not teach me to count my acts, but to do everything for love, to refuse Him nothing, to be pleased when He gives me a chance to prove to Him that I love Him - but all this in peace - in abandonment. Therese of Lisieux christian love jesus Heaven for me is hidden in a little Host Where Jesus, my Spouse, is veiled for love. I go to that Divine Furnace to draw out life, And there my Sweet Saviour listens to me night and day. Therese of Lisieux sweet night jesus Life passes. Eternity comes to meet us with great strides. Soon we shall be living with the very life of Jesus. Having drunk deep at the source of all bitterness, we shall be deified in the very source of all joys, of all delights. Therese of Lisieux drunk joy jesus I had wondered for a long time why God had preferences and why all souls did not receive an equal amount of grace [...] Jesus saw fit to enlighten me about this mystery. He set the book of nature before me and I saw that all the flowers He has created are lovely. The splendor of the rose and whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of its scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. I realized that if every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness and there would be no wild flowers to make the meadows gay. Therese of Lisieux flower spring jesus In Heaven the good God will do all I wish, because I have never done my own will upon earth. Therese of Lisieux done wish heaven I am convinced that one should tell one's spiritual director if one has a great desire for Communion, for Our Lord does not come from Heaven every day to stay in a golden ciborium; He comes to find another heaven, the heaven of our soul in which He loves to dwell. Therese of Lisieux soul spiritual heaven 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. Therese of Lisieux charity virtue weakness The science of loving, yes, that's the only kind of science I want I'd barter away everything I possess to win it. Therese of Lisieux kind winning want 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. Therese of Lisieux charity soul giving 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. Therese of Lisieux sacrifice joy jesus 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. Therese of Lisieux nature flower humility i can nourish myself on nothing but truth Therese of Lisieux i-can She is more Mother than Queen. Therese of Lisieux queens religious mother 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. Therese of Lisieux treasure suffering joy I will send a shower of roses. Therese of Lisieux showers god rose Do not fear to tell Jesus that you love Him even without feeling it. That is the way to force Jesus to help you, to carry you like a little child too feeble to walk. Therese of Lisieux god children jesus Prayer for me is an updward leap of the heart Therese of Lisieux peaceful prayer heart He longs to give us a magnificent reward. He knows that suffering is the only means of preparing us to know Him as He knows Himself, and to become ourselves divine. Therese of Lisieux suffering giving mean
