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Strive 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.

St Francis De Sales

Make yourself familiar with the angels and behold them frequently in spirit; for without being seen, they are present with you.
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Angel Present See Yourself
There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.
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Soft Strength Strong True
There is nothing small in the service of God.
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God Service Small Value
Every morning prepare your soul for a tranquil day.
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Day Morning Preparation Soul Tranquility
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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Balance God Hard Heart Purity Willing Work
During the night we must wait for the light.
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Light Night Wait
Half an hour’s meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.
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Busy Day Exception Meditation Need
You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.
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Attraction Choice Yourself
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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Greatness Small Temptation Wolf
A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
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Better Charity Silence Truth
We 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.
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Himself Person Presence Value Work
Do not desire crosses, unless you have borne those already laid upon you well — it is an abuse to long after martyrdom while unable to bear an insult patiently.
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Born Desire Insult Patience
The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.
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Greatness Prayer Religious
Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.
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Courage Imperfection Lose Yourself
There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again.
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Beginning Better Spiritual
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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Give Up God Lose Ourselves Soul True Unity

Strive 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.

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