Doing little things with a strong desire to please God makes them really great.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESBy turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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The whole world is not worth one soul.
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Every moment comes to us pregnant with a command from God, only to pass on and plunge into eternity, there to remain forever what we have made of it.
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Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
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Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.
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Never be hurried in anything. Do all things calmly and in a spirit of repose. Do not lose your inward peace even if everything seems to be going wrong. What is anything in life compared to peace of soul?
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He who complains, sins.
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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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I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.
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There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again.
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Be not miserable about what may happen tomorrow. The same everlasting Father, who cares for you today, will care for you tomorrow.
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We must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear.
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If, when stung by slander or ill-nature, we wax proud and swell with anger, it is a proof that our gentleness and humility are unreal, and mere artificial show.
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A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
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Humor is the foundation of reconciliation.
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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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