He who complains, sins.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESThere is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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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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Half an hour’s meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.
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It is a great imperfection to complain unceasingly of little things.
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We may be excused for not always being bright, but we are not excused for not being gracious, yielding and considerate.
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We must never undervalue any person. The workman loves not that his work should be despised in his presence. Now God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.
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Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
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Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.
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Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
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There is no artifice as good and desirable as simplicity.
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Many who confess their venial sins out of custom and concern for order but without thought of amendment remain burdened with them for their whole life and thus lose many spiritual benefits and advantages.
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Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb.
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It matters little how one begins, provided that he be resolved to go on well, and to end well.
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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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While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.
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