You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; and just so, you learn to love by loving. All those who think to learn in any other way deceive themselves.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESBe patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.
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Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
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Fear is a greater evil than evil itself.
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During the night we must wait for the light.
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When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
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Humor is the foundation of reconciliation.
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Those who pray from the heart do not think about the prayer they are saying, but about the God to whom they pray.
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One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.
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You learn to love by loving.
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One single act done with aridity of spirit is worth more than many done with feelings of devotion.
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For every great temptation there will be many small ones. Wolves and bears are more dangerous than flies, but we are bothered most by flies.
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Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
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Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
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I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.
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Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.
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By turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God.
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