The lives of the saints are offered to us for our study in order that we may see therein at their finest and best the virtues, qualities, and motives that made them what they were.
–R. H. J. Steuart, S.J., “St. Thérèse of Lisieux,” in Saints Are Not Sad: Studies in Sanctity from St. Paul to St. Thérèse of Lisieux, edited by F. J.Sheed
