Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESWork hard every day at increasing your purity of heart, which consists in appraising things and weighing them in the balance of God’s will.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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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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We must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear.
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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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Cook the truth in charity until it tastes sweet.
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It is better to remain silent than to speak the truth ill-humoredly, and spoil an excellent dish by covering it with bad sauce.
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Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb.
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He who complains, sins.
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Many who confess their venial sins out of custom and concern for order but without thought of amendment remain burdened with them for their whole life and thus lose many spiritual benefits and advantages.
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The whole world is not worth one soul.
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One rarely does well what one rarely does.
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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 live according to the spirit is to love according to the spirit.
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During the night we must wait for the light.
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Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.
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We have freedom to do good or evil; yet to make choice of evil, is not to use, but to abuse our freedom.
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