In everything, love simplicity.
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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Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.
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He who complains, sins.
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Humility consists in not esteeming ourselves above other men, and in not seeking to be esteemed above them.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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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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You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; and just so, you learn to love by loving. All those who think to learn in any other way deceive themselves.
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Every Christian needs a half-hour of prayer each day, except when he is busy, then he needs an hour.
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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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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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One rarely does well what one rarely does.
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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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Pride dies 20 minutes after death.
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By turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God.
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