St Francis De Sales on love
St Francis De Sales91 quotes“Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.”
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Fear is a greater evil than evil itself.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales You learn to love by loving.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales 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?
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales Those who pray from the heart do not think about the prayer they are saying, but about the God to whom they pray.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales God will either shield you from suffering or give you unfailing strength to bear it.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales 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.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales We must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales Be not miserable about what may happen tomorrow. The same everlasting Father, who cares for you today, will care for you tomorrow.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales 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.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales 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.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales Do not desire crosses, unless you have borne those already laid upon you well — it is an abuse to long after martyrdom while unable to bear an insult patiently.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales
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