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 SALESMany 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.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.
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Doing little things with a strong desire to please God makes them really great.
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Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
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Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
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You learn to love by loving.
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In everything, love simplicity.
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Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.
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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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There is no artifice as good and desirable as simplicity.
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Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.
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Be not miserable about what may happen tomorrow. The same everlasting Father, who cares for you today, will care for you tomorrow.
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He who complains, sins.
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There is nothing small in the service of God.
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Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
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Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.
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