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Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?

Therese of Lisieux

The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of it’s scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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Flower Love Rose Spring Violence White
Do not fear to tell Jesus that you love Him even without feeling it. That is the way to force Jesus to help you, to carry you like a little child too feeble to walk.
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Children Fear Force God Walk
For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
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Endurance Forever God Oneself Pain
The world’s thy ship and not thy home.
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Home Perspective World
Holiness is a disposition of the heart that makes us humble and little in the arms of God, aware of our weakness, and confident – in the most audacious way – in His Fatherly goodness.
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Audacity God Goodness Heart Holy Humble Ourselves Weakness
Nobody is a good judge in his own cause!
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Goodness Himself Judgement
Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.
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Love Space Time Universe
I say nothing to him I love him.
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Dedication God Himself Love
The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place.
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Life Place Value Way Worth
Whose hands are God’s hands, but our hands?
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God Hands Ourselves Religious
Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
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God Holy Simplicity
(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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God
Frequently, only silence can express my prayer.
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Expression Myself Prayer Silence
Jesus needs neither books nor Doctors of Divinity in order to instruct souls; He, the Doctor of Doctors, He teaches without noise of words.
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Book Divine Doctor Himself Teaching Word
The science of loving, yes, that’s the only kind of science I want I’d barter away everything I possess to win it.
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Kind Love Myself Science Win
If I did not simply live from one moment to another, it would be impossible for me to be patient, but I only look at the present, I forget the past, and I take good care not to forestall the future.
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Forget Future Impossible Live Moments Myself Past Simplicity

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