Take care of your health, that it may serve you to serve God.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESAll 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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Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.
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In everything, love simplicity.
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Whatever happens, abide steadfast in a determination to cling simply to God.
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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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There is nothing small in the service of God.
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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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Doing little things with a strong desire to please God makes them really great.
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There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.
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God will either shield you from suffering or give you unfailing strength to bear it.
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Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
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We must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear.
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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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True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
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You learn to love by loving.
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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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