Every Christian needs a half-hour of prayer each day, except when he is busy, then he needs an hour.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESWork hard every day at increasing your purity of heart, which consists in appraising things and weighing them in the balance of God’s will.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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It is right that you should begin again every day. There is no better way to complete the spiritual life than to be ever beginning it over again.
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There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again.
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He who complains, sins.
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There is nothing small in the service of God.
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There is no artifice as good and desirable as simplicity.
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Pride dies 20 minutes after death.
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Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry.
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Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.
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Don’t get upset with your imperfections. Surrender to the Power of God’s Love, which is greater than our weakness.
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The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.
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There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.
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We have freedom to do good or evil; yet to make choice of evil, is not to use, but to abuse our freedom.
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Friendship requires great communication.
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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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Truly it is a blessed thing to love on earth as we hope to love in Heaven, and to begin that friendship here which is to endure for ever there.
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