Therese Of Lisieux

Therese Of Lisieux

Catholic saint and mystic.

A French Catholic saint known for her doctrine of the "Little Way," which teaches that small acts of love and humility can lead to holiness. She believed that spiritual greatness could be achieved by doing ordinary things with extraordinary love. Her autobiography became a spiritual classic, inspiring countless readers with its simplicity and depth. She remains a symbol of devotion and childlike faith.

Therese Of Lisieux Quotes about Sun

  • Trying to do good to people without God's help is no easier than making the sun shine at midnight. You discover that you've got to abandon all your own preferences, your own bright ideas, and guide souls along the road our Lord has marked out for them. You mustn't coerce them into some path of your own choosing.
  • If a little flower could speak, it seems to me that it would tell us quite simply all that God has done for it, without hiding any of its gifts. It would not, under the pretext of humility, say that it was not pretty, or that it had not a sweet scent, that the sun had withered its petals, or the storm bruised its stem, if it knew that such were not the case.
  • As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.