Quotes about Soul
O witness of the soul naturally Christian.
— Tertullian
Man is one name belonging to every nation upon earth. In them all is one soul though many tongues. Every country has its own language, yet the subjects of which the untutored soul speaks are the same everywhere.
— Tertullian
Now we allow that life begins with conception, because we contend that the soul also begins from conception; life taking its commencement at the same moment and place that the soul does.
— Tertullian
joy is not found in the things which surround us, but lives only in the soul.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
I also understood that there are many degrees of holiness, that each soul is free to respond to the calls of Our Lord, to do much or little for His Love—in a word, to choose amongst the sacrifices He asks.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
I prefer the monotony of obscure sacrifices to all ecstasies. To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
See how this evening the tree-tops are gilded by the setting sun. So likewise my soul appears to you all shining and golden because it is exposed to the rays of Love.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
THE science of love! Sweet is the echo of that word to the ear of my soul. I desire no other science. Having given all my substance for it, like the spouse in the Canticles, I think that I have given nothing. (Cant. 8:7).
— St. Therese of Lisieux
Ce n'est pas pour rester dans le ciboire d'or qu'il descend chaque jour du ciel, mais afin de trouver un autre ciel: le ciel de notre âme où il prend ses délices.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
We are not as yet in our true country, and as gold is tired in the fire so must our souls be purified by temptation.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
Jésus n'a pas besoin de livres ni de docteurs pour instruire les âmes; lui, le Docteur des docteurs, enseigne sans bruit de paroles.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
I have often noticed that Jesus will not give me a store of provisions; He nourishes me with food that is entirely new from moment to moment, and I find it in my soul without knowing how it got there.
— St. Therese of Lisieux