There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESThere is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESWe may be excused for not always being bright, but we are not excused for not being gracious, yielding and considerate.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESBe 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 SALESCook the truth in charity until it tastes sweet.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESGod is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESYou can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESEvery vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESWe must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESDoing little things with a strong desire to please God makes them really great.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESIf, 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.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESTo 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.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESAnxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESYou 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.
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.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESThe whole world is not worth one soul.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESWhatever happens, abide steadfast in a determination to cling simply to God.
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