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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

Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

Patience Yourself
One single act done with aridity of spirit is worth more than many done with feelings of devotion.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

Devotion Feeling Oneself Spirit Worth
Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

Beautiful Flower Garden Growth
Every morning prepare your soul for a tranquil day.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

Day Morning Preparation Soul Tranquility
Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

Anxiety Command Evil Exception God Greatness Prayer Worry Yourself
Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

Agreement Devotion Unity
While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

Busy Greatness Myself Small Value
Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

Breathe Easy God Heart
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?
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

Calm Compare Hurry Lose Peace Soul Spirit
There is nothing small in the service of God.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

God Service Small Value
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.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

Born Desire Insult Patience
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.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

God Head Heart Memories Ourselves Repeat Word
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

Calm Hurry Quiet Spirit World Yourself
One rarely does well what one rarely does.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

Oneself Rare
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.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

Learning Love Ourselves Study Talk Thinking
Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

Angry Animal Sight

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

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