In everything, love simplicity.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESWe may be excused for not always being bright, but we are not excused for not being gracious, yielding and considerate.
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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The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.
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You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.
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Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.
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Cook the truth in charity until it tastes sweet.
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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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There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again.
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We have freedom to do good or evil; yet to make choice of evil, is not to use, but to abuse our freedom.
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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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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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There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.
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Make yourself familiar with the angels and behold them frequently in spirit; for without being seen, they are present with you.
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There is nothing small in the service of God.
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Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb.
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Let the enemy rage at the gate; let him knock, pound, scream, howl; let him do his worst. We know for certain that he cannot enter our soul except by the door of our consent.
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