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.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES
There is no artifice as good and desirable as simplicity.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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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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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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Doing little things with a strong desire to please God makes them really great.
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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.
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Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
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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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There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again.
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A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
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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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We must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear.
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While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.
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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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