When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESYou 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.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
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Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.
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Faith is like a bright ray of sun light. It enables us to see God in all things as well as all things in God.
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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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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.
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The Lord delights in every little step you take.
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Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.
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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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It is a great imperfection to complain unceasingly of little things.
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Friendship requires great communication.
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Whatever happens, abide steadfast in a determination to cling simply to God.
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God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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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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Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
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There is nothing small in the service of God.
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