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St Francis De Sales

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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Balance God Hard Heart Purity Willing Work
It is to those who have the most need of us that we ought to show our love more especially.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

Love Need Ourselves
You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.
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Attraction Choice Yourself
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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Calm Compare Hurry Lose Peace Soul Spirit
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.
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Construction Fall Gentle Human Mindset Resistance Side Soft
The whole world is not worth one soul.
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Oneself Soul Value World Worth
While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.
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Busy Greatness Myself Small Value
Strive to see God in all things without exception. Do not smother yourself…If you start smothering yourself with a host of cares and longings and wishes … you will be disabling yourself from serving God with all your heart.
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Care God Heart See Start Strive Yourself
God will either shield you from suffering or give you unfailing strength to bear it.
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Failure God Strength Suffering Yourself
To live according to the spirit is to love according to the spirit.
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Live Love Spirit
I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.
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Disturb Heart Talk Tongue
Cook the truth in charity until it tastes sweet.
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Charity Cook Sweet Taste Truth
Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb.
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Angry Animal Sight
Don’t get upset with your imperfections. Surrender to the Power of God’s Love, which is greater than our weakness.
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Greatness Imperfection Ourselves Power Upset Weakness
Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.
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Agreement Devotion Unity
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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Angel Present See Yourself

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