Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESIt is to those who have the most need of us that we ought to show our love more especially.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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Cook the truth in charity until it tastes sweet.
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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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All the science of the Saints is included in these two things: To do, and to suffer. And whoever had done these two things best, has made himself most saintly.
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There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.
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Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry.
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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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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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There is nothing small in the service of God.
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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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You learn to love by loving.
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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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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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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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One rarely does well what one rarely does.
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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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