“When I say that compliments have no effect upon me, Mother, I am not referring to the love and confidence you have shown me; that, on the contrary, touches me deeply, but I feel that I need not be afraid of praise anymore and can enjoy it in all simplicity, attributing all that is good in me to the goodness of God.”
Source: St. Therese of Lisieux, The Story of a Soul, Saint Benedict Press, 2010.
