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.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESHe who complains, sins.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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We may be excused for not always being bright, but we are not excused for not being gracious, yielding and considerate.
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Humor is the foundation of reconciliation.
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Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
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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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Be who you are and be that well.
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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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I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.
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In everything, love simplicity.
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A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
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Have Jesus always for your patron, His Cross for a mast on which you must spread your resolutions as a sail. Your anchor shall be a profound confidence in Him, and you shall sail prosperously.
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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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Half an hour’s meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.
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A heart-memory is better than a mere head-memory. Better to carry away a little of the love of Christ in our souls, than if we were able to repeat every word of every sermon we ever heard.
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Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
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You learn to love by loving.
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Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
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Every morning prepare your soul for a tranquil day.
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He who can preserve gentleness amid pains, and peace amid worry multitude of affairs, is almost perfect.
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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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Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.
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Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
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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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Friendship requires great communication.
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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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There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again.
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What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience.
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