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Work hard every day at increasing your purity of heart, which consists in appraising things and weighing them in the balance of God’s will.

St Francis De Sales

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God will either shield you from suffering or give you unfailing strength to bear it.
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Failure God Strength Suffering Yourself
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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You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.
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What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience.
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It is better to remain silent than to speak the truth ill-humoredly, and spoil an excellent dish by covering it with bad sauce.
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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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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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Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.
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Agreement Devotion Unity
When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
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Contradict Difficult Gentle Time
All the science of the Saints is included in these two things: To do, and to suffer. And whoever had done these two things best, has made himself most saintly.
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Humor is the foundation of reconciliation.
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Humility consists in not esteeming ourselves above other men, and in not seeking to be esteemed above them.
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Esteem Humility Man Ourselves
The whole world is not worth one soul.
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If you would fall into any extreme, let it be on the side of gentleness. The human mind is so constructed that it resists rigor, and yields to softness.
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He who complains, sins.
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Complaint Himself Win
He who can preserve gentleness amid pains, and peace amid worry multitude of affairs, is almost perfect.
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