Therese of Lisieux Quotes About Suffering

Quotes about: Suffering

• Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.

  Therese of Lisieux

  People, Suffering, Sermons

• It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Giving, Suffering, Weakness

• God would turn the world around to find suffering in order to give it to a soul upon whom He has set His Divine gaze with ineffable love.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Order, Giving, Soul

• True charity consists in putting up with all one's neighbors fault's; never being surprised by his weakness, and being inspired by the least of his virtues.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Suffering, Weakness, Saint

• Why should we defend ourselves when we are misunderstood and misjudged? Let us leave that aside. Let us not say anything. It is so sweet to let others judge us in any way they like. O blessed silence, which gives so much peace to the soul!

  Therese of Lisieux

  Sweet, Blessed, Giving

• Suffering is the very best gift He has to give us. He gives it only to His chosen friends.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Giving, Suffering, Chosen

• 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

  Humble, Catholic, Suffering

• Much later, when I understood what perfection was, I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself. I understood that there were many kinds of of sanctity and that each soul was free to respond to the approaches of Our Lord and to do little or much for Him - in other words,to make a choice among the sacrifices He demands.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Sacrifice, Perfection, Choices

• 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

  Jesus, Sacrifice, Joy

• How can the good God Who loves us so much, be happy when we suffer? Never does our suffering make Him happy; but it is necessary for us, and so He sends it to us while, as it were, turning away His Face. . . I assure you that it costs Him dearly to fill us with bitterness.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Suffering, Doe, Cost

• I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Heaven, Suffering, Saint

• We who run in the way of Love must never torment ourselves about anything. If I did not suffer minute by minute, it would be impossible for me to be patient; but I see only the present moment, I forget the past, and take good care not to anticipate the future. If we grow disheartened, if sometimes we despair, it is because we have been dwelling on the past or the future.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Love, Running, Past

  St. Therese of Lisieux (1915). “Thoughts of Saint Thérèse”, p.55, TAN Books

• Life is only a dream: soon, we shall awaken. And what joy! The greater our sufferings, the more limitless our glory. Oh! do not let us waste the trial Jesus sends.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Dream, Jesus, Joy

• In spite of this trial, which takes all enjoyment from me, I can never the less, cry out, 'Lord, you fill me with joy in all that you do. For is there a joy greater than to suffer for love?'

  Therese of Lisieux

  Joy, Suffering, Trials

• 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

  Joy, Suffering, Treasure

• The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Giving, Soul, Honor

  St. Therese of Lisieux (2014). “Letters of St. Therese of LIsieux, Volume II: General Correspondence 1890-1897”, p.238, ICS Publications

• I'm suffering very much, but am I suffering very well? That's the point!

  Therese of Lisieux

  Faith, Inspiration, Suffering

  Therese of Lisieux (2016). “St. Thérèse of Lisieux: Her Last Conversations”, p.151, ICS Publications

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

  Therese of Lisieux

  Suffering, Deals, Wells

• Time is but a shadow, a dream; already God sees us in glory and takes joy in our eternal beatitude. How this thought helps my soul! I understand then why He lets us suffer.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Dream, Joy, Soul

  St. Therese of Lisieux (1915). “Thoughts of Saint Thérèse”, p.24, TAN Books

• 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

  Mean, Giving, Suffering

  Saint Therese of Lisieux (2007). “The Story of the Soul”, p.227, Cosimo, Inc.

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