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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.

St Francis De Sales

One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.
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Devotion Life World Worth
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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God Head Heart Memories Ourselves Repeat Word
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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Angry Artificial Gentle Glow Humility Nature Proud Reality
We must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear.
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Deep Fear God Love Religious
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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Calm Compare Hurry Lose Peace Soul Spirit
Every moment comes to us pregnant with a command from God, only to pass on and plunge into eternity, there to remain forever what we have made of it.
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Command Forever God Moments Pregnant
I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.
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Disturb Heart Talk Tongue
One rarely does well what one rarely does.
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Oneself Rare
Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.
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Patience Yourself
A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
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Better Charity Silence Truth
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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Choice Evil Freedom Goodness Ourselves
He who can preserve gentleness amid pains, and peace amid worry multitude of affairs, is almost perfect.
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Gentle Himself Pain Peace Perfection Preserve
Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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Be Yourself Perfection Self Love Try
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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Himself Science Suffering
Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.
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Courage Imperfection Lose Yourself
Doing little things with a strong desire to please God makes them really great.
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Desire God Great Strong

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