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.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESFear is a greater evil than evil itself.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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Cook the truth in charity until it tastes sweet.
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Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.
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In everything, love simplicity.
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Never be hurried in anything. Do all things calmly and in a spirit of repose. Do not lose your inward peace even if everything seems to be going wrong. What is anything in life compared to peace of soul?
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Have Jesus always for your patron, His Cross for a mast on which you must spread your resolutions as a sail. Your anchor shall be a profound confidence in Him, and you shall sail prosperously.
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Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
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Do not desire crosses, unless you have borne those already laid upon you well — it is an abuse to long after martyrdom while unable to bear an insult patiently.
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Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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It is to those who have the most need of us that we ought to show our love more especially.
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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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There is nothing small in the service of God.
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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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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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I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.
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