He who can preserve gentleness amid pains, and peace amid worry multitude of affairs, is almost perfect.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESStrive 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.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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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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All of us can attain to Christian virtue and holiness, no matter in what condition of life we live and no matter what our life work may be.
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If, when stung by slander or ill-nature, we wax proud and swell with anger, it is a proof that our gentleness and humility are unreal, and mere artificial show.
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Take care of your health, that it may serve you to serve God.
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A heart-memory is better than a mere head-memory. Better to carry away a little of the love of Christ in our souls, than if we were able to repeat every word of every sermon we ever heard.
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One rarely does well what one rarely does.
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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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To live according to the spirit is to love according to the spirit.
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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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Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.
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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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Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.
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The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.
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In everything, love simplicity.
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There is nothing small in the service of God.
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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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Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
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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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Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.
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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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While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.
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Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.
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It is a great imperfection to complain unceasingly of little things.
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By giving yourself to God, You not only receive Himself in exchange, but eternal life as well.
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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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True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
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