Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. I mean do not be disheartened by your imperfections, but always rise up with fresh courage.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESA judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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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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The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.
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Humor is the foundation of reconciliation.
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There is no artifice as good and desirable as simplicity.
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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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All of us can attain to Christian virtue and holiness, no matter in what condition of life we live and no matter what our life work may be.
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Don’t get upset with your imperfections. Surrender to the Power of God’s Love, which is greater than our weakness.
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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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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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He who can preserve gentleness amid pains, and peace amid worry multitude of affairs, is almost perfect.
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Every morning prepare your soul for a tranquil day.
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There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again.
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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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The Lord delights in every little step you take.
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