Doing little things with a strong desire to please God makes them really great.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESNever 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.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.
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Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.
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To live according to the spirit is to love according to the spirit.
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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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God will either shield you from suffering or give you unfailing strength to bear it.
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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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Humor is the foundation of reconciliation.
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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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When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
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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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Make yourself familiar with the angels and behold them frequently in spirit; for without being seen, they are present with you.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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You learn to love by loving.
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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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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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