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 SALESIn everything, love simplicity.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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Cook the truth in charity until it tastes sweet.
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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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You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.
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All of us can attain to Christian virtue and holiness, no matter in what condition of life we live and no matter what our life work may be.
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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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The whole world is not worth one soul.
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Let us think only of spending the present day well. Then when tomorrow shall have come, it will be called today, and then we will think about it.
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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.
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God will either shield you from suffering or give you unfailing strength to bear it.
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Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.
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Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
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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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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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Half an hour’s meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.
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You learn to love by loving.
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There is no artifice as good and desirable as simplicity.
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Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.
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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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True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
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A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
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Every Christian needs a half-hour of prayer each day, except when he is busy, then he needs an hour.
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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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Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.
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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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Humility consists in not esteeming ourselves above other men, and in not seeking to be esteemed above them.
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Those who pray from the heart do not think about the prayer they are saying, but about the God to whom they pray.
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