When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESHave patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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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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Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
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Every morning prepare your soul for a tranquil day.
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One single act done with aridity of spirit is worth more than many done with feelings of devotion.
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Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
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A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
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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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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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The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.
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He who complains, sins.
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One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.
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I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.
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Doing little things with a strong desire to please God makes them really great.
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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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To lose ourselves in God is simply to give up our own will to Him. When a soul can truly say Lord I have no other will than Thine it is truly lost in God and united to Him.
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