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.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESLet 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.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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Humor is the foundation of reconciliation.
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I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.
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It is to those who have the most need of us that we ought to show our love more especially.
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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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It matters little how one begins, provided that he be resolved to go on well, and to end well.
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There is no artifice as good and desirable as simplicity.
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During the night we must wait for the light.
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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.
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Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.
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Let the enemy rage at the gate; let him knock, pound, scream, howl; let him do his worst. We know for certain that he cannot enter our soul except by the door of our consent.
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Many who confess their venial sins out of custom and concern for order but without thought of amendment remain burdened with them for their whole life and thus lose many spiritual benefits and advantages.
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The whole world is not worth one soul.
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Those who pray from the heart do not think about the prayer they are saying, but about the God to whom they pray.
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Pride dies 20 minutes after death.
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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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