Humor is the foundation of reconciliation.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESHalf an hour’s meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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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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Be not miserable about what may happen tomorrow. The same everlasting Father, who cares for you today, will care for you tomorrow.
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The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.
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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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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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Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. I mean do not be disheartened by your imperfections, but always rise up with fresh courage.
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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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Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.
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The whole world is not worth one soul.
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In everything, love simplicity.
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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 with all things, But, first of all with yourself.
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Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
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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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To lose ourselves in God is simply to give up our own will to Him. When a soul can truly say Lord I have no other will than Thine it is truly lost in God and united to Him.
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You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.
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We may be excused for not always being bright, but we are not excused for not being gracious, yielding and considerate.
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True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
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It is right that you should begin again every day. There is no better way to complete the spiritual life than to be ever beginning it over again.
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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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It is to those who have the most need of us that we ought to show our love more especially.
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We must never undervalue any person. The workman loves not that his work should be despised in his presence. Now God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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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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Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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