Pride dies 20 minutes after death.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESIf, when stung by slander or ill-nature, we wax proud and swell with anger, it is a proof that our gentleness and humility are unreal, and mere artificial show.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience.
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God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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All of us can attain to Christian virtue and holiness, no matter in what condition of life we live and no matter what our life work may be.
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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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Every Christian needs a half-hour of prayer each day, except when he is busy, then he needs an hour.
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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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You learn to love by loving.
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In everything, love simplicity.
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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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Humility consists in not esteeming ourselves above other men, and in not seeking to be esteemed above them.
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Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
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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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Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.
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Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
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Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.
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