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Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.

St Francis De Sales

We may be excused for not always being bright, but we are not excused for not being gracious, yielding and considerate.
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Bright Grace Ourselves
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
Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
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Beautiful Flower Garden Growth
God takes pleasure to see you take your little steps; and like a good father who holds his child by the hand, He will accommodate His steps to yours and will be content to go no faster than you. Why do you worry?
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Accommodation Children Fast God Hands Happiness Hold Yourself
We must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear.
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Deep Fear God Love Religious
Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.
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Breathe Easy God Heart
Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb.
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Angry Animal Sight
One rarely does well what one rarely does.
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Oneself Rare
One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.
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Devotion Life World Worth
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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Learning Love Ourselves Study Talk Thinking
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
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
I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.
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Disturb Heart Talk Tongue
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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Greatness Imperfection Ourselves Power Upset Weakness
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 in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.
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Calm Hurry Quiet Spirit World Yourself

Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.

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