To live according to the spirit is to love according to the spirit.
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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Half an hour’s meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.
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Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.
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Doing little things with a strong desire to please God makes them really great.
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The Lord delights in every little step you take.
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You learn to love by loving.
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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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Let us think only of spending the present day well. Then when tomorrow shall have come, it will be called today, and then we will think about it.
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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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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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There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.
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Strive to see God in all things without exception. Do not smother yourself…If you start smothering yourself with a host of cares and longings and wishes … you will be disabling yourself from serving God with all your heart.
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Every morning prepare your soul for a tranquil day.
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Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
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Fear is a greater evil than evil itself.
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One rarely does well what one rarely does.
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