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 SALESWhere there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
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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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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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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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Every Christian needs a half-hour of prayer each day, except when he is busy, then he needs an hour.
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Cook the truth in charity until it tastes sweet.
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Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.
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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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The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.
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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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When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
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One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.
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Be not miserable about what may happen tomorrow. The same everlasting Father, who cares for you today, will care for you tomorrow.
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Be who you are and do that well.
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Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.
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