Work hard every day at increasing your purity of heart, which consists in appraising things and weighing them in the balance of God’s will.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESNothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.
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If you would fall into any extreme, let it be on the side of gentleness. The human mind is so constructed that it resists rigor, and yields to softness.
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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.
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The Lord delights in every little step you take.
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To live according to the spirit is to love according to the spirit.
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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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Friendship requires great communication.
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Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.
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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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In everything, love simplicity.
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God will either shield you from suffering or give you unfailing strength to bear it.
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Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
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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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The whole world is not worth one soul.
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