Occupation: Philosopher Birth: October 12, 1891 Death: August 9, 1942
Let go of your plans. The first hour of your morning belongs to God. Tackle the day's work that he charges you with, and he will give you the power t….
the deeper one is drawn into God, the more one must 'go out of oneself'; that is, one must go to the world in order to carry the divine life into it..
Each finite creature can reflect only a fraction of the divine nature; thus, in the diversity of His creatures, God's infinity, unity and oneness app….
And when night comes, and you look back over the day and see how fragmentary everything has been, and how much you planned that has gone undone, and ….
The limitless loving devotion to God, and the gift God makes of Himself to you, are the highest elevation of which the heart is capable; it is the hi….
One could say that in case of need, every normal and healthy woman is able to hold a position. And there is no profession which cannot be practiced b….
Just take everything exactly as it is, put it in God's hands and leave it with Him..
The soul of woman must be expansive and open to all human beings, it must be quiet so that no small weak flame will be extinguished by stormy winds; ….
The motive, principle, and end of the religious life is to make an absolute gift of self to God in a self-forgetting love, to end one's own life in o….
Do not accept anything as love which lacks truth..
Usually one gets a heavier cross when one attempts to get rid of an old one..
Energy apparently increases with the amount of work to be done. When nothing of burning urgency is waiting, it decreases much sooner. Heaven seems to….
Woman naturally seeks to embrace that which is living, personal, and whole. To cherish, guard, protect, nourish and advance growth is her natural, ma….
My longing for truth was a single prayer..
The woman's soul is fashioned as a shelter in which other souls may unfold..
The world doesn't need what women have, it needs what women are..
One cannot desire freedom from the Cross when one is especially chosen for the Cross..
Each woman who lives in the light of eternity can fulfill her vocation, no matter if it is in marriage, in a religious order, or in a worldly profess….
We can do nothing ourselves; God must do it. To speak to Him thus is easier by nature for woman than for man because a natural desire lives in her to….
If you learn from Saint Thérèse to depend on God alone and serve him with a wholly pure and detached heart, then you can join with your whole soul in….
When you seek truth, you seek God whether you know it or not..