We must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESWhile I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.
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Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.
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One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.
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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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There is no artifice as good and desirable as simplicity.
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One single act done with aridity of spirit is worth more than many done with feelings of devotion.
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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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Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
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Never be hurried in anything. Do all things calmly and in a spirit of repose. Do not lose your inward peace even if everything seems to be going wrong. What is anything in life compared to peace of soul?
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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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Every moment comes to us pregnant with a command from God, only to pass on and plunge into eternity, there to remain forever what we have made of it.
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By giving yourself to God, You not only receive Himself in exchange, but eternal life as well.
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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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Every Christian needs a half-hour of prayer each day, except when he is busy, then he needs an hour.
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By turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God.
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