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.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES
When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
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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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To live according to the spirit is to love according to the spirit.
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Do not desire crosses, unless you have borne those already laid upon you well — it is an abuse to long after martyrdom while unable to bear an insult patiently.
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Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.
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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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The Lord delights in every little step you take.
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God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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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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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; and just so, you learn to love by loving. All those who think to learn in any other way deceive themselves.
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During the night we must wait for the light.
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Take care of your health, that it may serve you to serve God.
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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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Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
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When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
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