I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESDon’t get upset with your imperfections. Surrender to the Power of God’s Love, which is greater than our weakness.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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Never be hurried in anything. Do all things calmly and in a spirit of repose. Do not lose your inward peace even if everything seems to be going wrong. What is anything in life compared to peace of soul?
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Half an hour’s meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.
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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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Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.
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There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again.
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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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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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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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One single act done with aridity of spirit is worth more than many done with feelings of devotion.
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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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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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Every Christian needs a half-hour of prayer each day, except when he is busy, then he needs an hour.
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God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.
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Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
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