“The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place.” ~ Therese of Lisieux

“If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.” ~ Therese of Lisieux

“Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person.” ~ Therese of Lisieux

“You know well that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, as at the love with which we do them.” ~ Therese of Lisieux

“Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.” ~ Therese of Lisieux

A true sacrifice is anything that we do with the aim of being united to God in holy fellowship – anything that is directed towards that supreme good and end in which alone we can be truly blessed… as the Latin word indicates: “sacri-ficium,” “holy-doing” or “holy-making.” Man himself can be a sacrifice, if he is consecrated in the name of God, and vowed to God – a sacrifice in so far as he dies to the world in order to live to God.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)

Only when the soul is reduced to nothing, the highest degree of humility, will the spiritual union… with God be an accomplished fact.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)

True love is found only in complete self-forgetfulness, and it is only after we have detached ourselves from every creature that we find Jesus.
–Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (1873-1897)

You know…that to join two things together there must be nothing between them or there cannot be a perfect fusion. Now realize that this is how God wants our soul to be, without any selfish love of ourselves or of others in between, just as God loves us without anything in between.
–Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)

I need nothing but God, and to lose myself in the heart of Jesus.
–Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690)

Believe me, do not be cast down or grieved at the small vexations by which it pleases our Lord to try your love and patience; but endeavor rather to conform your will to His, letting Him do with you according to His desire, which is, that you should remain peaceful and resigned in the midst of your difficulties.
–Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690)

Let us abandon everything to the merciful providence of God.
–Saint Albert the Great (c. 1206-1280)

Lose yourself wholly;
and the more you lose,
the more you will find. –Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)

What has He done for me? He has loved me and given me His whole self. What shall I do for Him? I shall love Him and give myself to Him without reserve.
–Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)