Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESStrive to see God in all things without exception. Do not smother yourself…If you start smothering yourself with a host of cares and longings and wishes … you will be disabling yourself from serving God with all your heart.
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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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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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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There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again.
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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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Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.
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In everything, love simplicity.
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I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.
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Fear is a greater evil than evil itself.
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A heart-memory is better than a mere head-memory. Better to carry away a little of the love of Christ in our souls, than if we were able to repeat every word of every sermon we ever heard.
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Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
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One rarely does well what one rarely does.
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During the night we must wait for the light.
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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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Let us think only of spending the present day well. Then when tomorrow shall have come, it will be called today, and then we will think about it.
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