During the night we must wait for the light.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESWhatever happens, abide steadfast in a determination to cling simply to God.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.
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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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The whole world is not worth one soul.
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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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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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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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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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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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By giving yourself to God, You not only receive Himself in exchange, but eternal life as well.
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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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Humor is the foundation of reconciliation.
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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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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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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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A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
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