Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESWhen you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.
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He who complains, sins.
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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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The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.
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Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.
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Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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Pride dies 20 minutes after death.
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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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You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.
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Many who confess their venial sins out of custom and concern for order but without thought of amendment remain burdened with them for their whole life and thus lose many spiritual benefits and advantages.
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Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.
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It is better to remain silent than to speak the truth ill-humoredly, and spoil an excellent dish by covering it with bad sauce.
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The Lord delights in every little step you take.
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I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.
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