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One single act done with aridity of spirit is worth more than many done with feelings of devotion.

St Francis De Sales

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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Beginning Better Life Right Spiritual
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
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
What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience.
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Love Need Ocean Patience Understand
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
God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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God Himself Person Present Work
Be who you are and do that well.
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Be Yourself Original Self Love
It is to those who have the most need of us that we ought to show our love more especially.
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Love Need Ourselves
To lose ourselves in God is simply to give up our own will to Him. When a soul can truly say Lord I have no other will than Thine it is truly lost in God and united to Him.
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Give Up God Lose Ourselves Soul True Unity
Let us think only of spending the present day well. Then when tomorrow shall have come, it will be called today, and then we will think about it.
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Come Future Present Thinking
You learn to love by loving.
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Learning Love One Liner
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
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
Do not desire crosses, unless you have borne those already laid upon you well — it is an abuse to long after martyrdom while unable to bear an insult patiently.
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Born Desire Insult Patience
Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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Be Yourself Perfection Self Love Try
A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
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Better Charity Silence Truth

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