Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.
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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The whole world is not worth one soul.
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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.
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It matters little how one begins, provided that he be resolved to go on well, and to end well.
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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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What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience.
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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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Take care of your health, that it may serve you to serve God.
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There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.
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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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He who complains, sins.
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During the night we must wait for the light.
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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 God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.
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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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