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.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESTo live according to the spirit is to love according to the spirit.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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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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Work hard every day at increasing your purity of heart, which consists in appraising things and weighing them in the balance of God’s will.
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Let the enemy rage at the gate; let him knock, pound, scream, howl; let him do his worst. We know for certain that he cannot enter our soul except by the door of our consent.
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During the night we must wait for the light.
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We have freedom to do good or evil; yet to make choice of evil, is not to use, but to abuse our freedom.
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The whole world is not worth one soul.
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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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God takes pleasure to see you take your little steps; and like a good father who holds his child by the hand, He will accommodate His steps to yours and will be content to go no faster than you. Why do you worry?
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There is no artifice as good and desirable as simplicity.
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Every morning prepare your soul for a tranquil day.
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Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
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It matters little how one begins, provided that he be resolved to go on well, and to end well.
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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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Take care of your health, that it may serve you to serve God.
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One rarely does well what one rarely does.
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