Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESWe must never undervalue any person. The workman loves not that his work should be despised in his presence. Now God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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He who complains, sins.
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Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
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Let the enemy rage at the gate; let him knock, pound, scream, howl; let him do his worst. We know for certain that he cannot enter our soul except by the door of our consent.
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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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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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Humor is the foundation of reconciliation.
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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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Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.
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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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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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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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Have Jesus always for your patron, His Cross for a mast on which you must spread your resolutions as a sail. Your anchor shall be a profound confidence in Him, and you shall sail prosperously.
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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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Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.
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To live according to the spirit is to love according to the spirit.
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