Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.
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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God takes pleasure to see you take your little steps; and like a good father who holds his child by the hand, He will accommodate His steps to yours and will be content to go no faster than you. Why do you worry?
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It is right that you should begin again every day. There is no better way to complete the spiritual life than to be ever beginning it over again.
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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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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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It is to those who have the most need of us that we ought to show our love more especially.
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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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Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.
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He who complains, sins.
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Cook the truth in charity until it tastes sweet.
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You learn to love by loving.
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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.
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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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Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.
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Doing little things with a strong desire to please God makes them really great.
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To live according to the spirit is to love according to the spirit.
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