A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESGod takes pleasure to see you take your little steps; and like a good father who holds his child by the hand, He will accommodate His steps to yours and will be content to go no faster than you. Why do you worry?
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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All of us can attain to Christian virtue and holiness, no matter in what condition of life we live and no matter what our life work may be.
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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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The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.
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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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It is to those who have the most need of us that we ought to show our love more especially.
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All the science of the Saints is included in these two things: To do, and to suffer. And whoever had done these two things best, has made himself most saintly.
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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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God takes pleasure to see you take your little steps; and like a good father who holds his child by the hand, He will accommodate His steps to yours and will be content to go no faster than you. Why do you worry?
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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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Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.
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Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.
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Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.
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Fear is a greater evil than evil itself.
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It matters little how one begins, provided that he be resolved to go on well, and to end well.
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Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.
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