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You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.

St Francis De Sales

It is right that you should begin again every day. There is no better way to complete the spiritual life than to be ever beginning it over again.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

Beginning Better Life Right Spiritual
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.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

Angry Enemy Exception Ourselves Scream Soul
It is better to remain silent than to speak the truth ill-humoredly, and spoil an excellent dish by covering it with bad sauce.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

Bad Better Excellence Silence Talk
One single act done with aridity of spirit is worth more than many done with feelings of devotion.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

Devotion Feeling Oneself Spirit Worth
We have freedom to do good or evil; yet to make choice of evil, is not to use, but to abuse our freedom.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

Choice Evil Freedom Goodness Ourselves
Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

Beginning Break Friendship
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.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

Command Forever God Moments Pregnant
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?
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

Calm Compare Hurry Lose Peace Soul Spirit
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.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

Born Desire Insult Patience
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.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

Give Up God Lose Ourselves Soul True Unity
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.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

God Head Heart Memories Ourselves Repeat Word
He who can preserve gentleness amid pains, and peace amid worry multitude of affairs, is almost perfect.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

Gentle Himself Pain Peace Perfection Preserve
Friendship requires great communication.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

Communication Friendship Greatness
Those who pray from the heart do not think about the prayer they are saying, but about the God to whom they pray.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

God Heart Prayer Yourself
The Lord delights in every little step you take.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

God Happiness Joy Step
While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

Busy Greatness Myself Small Value

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