Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESFaith 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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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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Whatever happens, abide steadfast in a determination to cling simply to God.
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A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
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Work hard every day at increasing your purity of heart, which consists in appraising things and weighing them in the balance of God’s will.
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You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.
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Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.
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In everything, love simplicity.
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The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.
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Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
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It matters little how one begins, provided that he be resolved to go on well, and to end well.
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You learn to love by loving.
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Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. I mean do not be disheartened by your imperfections, but always rise up with fresh courage.
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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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Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.
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Strive to see God in all things without exception. Do not smother yourself…If you start smothering yourself with a host of cares and longings and wishes … you will be disabling yourself from serving God with all your heart.
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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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Take care of your health, that it may serve you to serve God.
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We must never undervalue any person. The workman loves not that his work should be despised in his presence. Now God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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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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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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Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.
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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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To live according to the spirit is to love according to the spirit.
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There is nothing small in the service of God.
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By giving yourself to God, You not only receive Himself in exchange, but eternal life as well.
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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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