Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESWhat we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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Strive to see God in all things without exception. Do not smother yourself…If you start smothering yourself with a host of cares and longings and wishes … you will be disabling yourself from serving God with all your heart.
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Friendship requires great communication.
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There is nothing small in the service of God.
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You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.
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Make yourself familiar with the angels and behold them frequently in spirit; for without being seen, they are present with you.
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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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One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.
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Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.
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Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.
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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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God will either shield you from suffering or give you unfailing strength to bear it.
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A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
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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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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 wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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