The whole world is not worth one soul.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESBe who you are and do that well.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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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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Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
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Take care of your health, that it may serve you to serve God.
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There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again.
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Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.
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Faith is like a bright ray of sun light. It enables us to see God in all things as well as all things in God.
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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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It is to those who have the most need of us that we ought to show our love more especially.
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You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.
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You 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.
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There is nothing small in the service of God.
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It is better to remain silent than to speak the truth ill-humoredly, and spoil an excellent dish by covering it with bad sauce.
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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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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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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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