Every Christian needs a half-hour of prayer each day, except when he is busy, then he needs an hour.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESDo 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.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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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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Every morning prepare your soul for a tranquil day.
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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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When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
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Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
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He who complains, sins.
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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.
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Take care of your health, that it may serve you to serve God.
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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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One rarely does well what one rarely does.
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For every great temptation there will be many small ones. Wolves and bears are more dangerous than flies, but we are bothered most by flies.
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Humility consists in not esteeming ourselves above other men, and in not seeking to be esteemed above them.
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One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.
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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.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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