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He who can preserve gentleness amid pains, and peace amid worry multitude of affairs, is almost perfect.

St Francis De Sales

The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.
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Greatness Prayer Religious
We must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear.
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Deep Fear God Love Religious
The whole world is not worth one soul.
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Oneself Soul Value World Worth
Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry.
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Anxiety Command Evil Exception God Greatness Prayer Worry Yourself
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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Calm Compare Hurry Lose Peace Soul Spirit
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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Bad Better Excellence Silence Talk
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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Holy Life Live Ourselves Virtue Work
All the science of the Saints is included in these two things: To do, and to suffer. And whoever had done these two things best, has made himself most saintly.
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Himself Science Suffering
God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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God Himself Person Present Work
If you would fall into any extreme, let it be on the side of gentleness. The human mind is so constructed that it resists rigor, and yields to softness.
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Construction Fall Gentle Human Mindset Resistance Side Soft
For every great temptation there will be many small ones. Wolves and bears are more dangerous than flies, but we are bothered most by flies.
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Greatness Small Temptation Wolf
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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God Head Heart Memories Ourselves Repeat Word
Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb.
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Angry Animal Sight
Truly it is a blessed thing to love on earth as we hope to love in Heaven, and to begin that friendship here which is to endure for ever there.
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Beginning Earth Endurance Heaven Hope Love True
To live according to the spirit is to love according to the spirit.
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Live Love Spirit
It matters little how one begins, provided that he be resolved to go on well, and to end well.
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Beginning End Himself Move On

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