Humor is the foundation of reconciliation.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESYou 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.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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There is nothing small in the service of 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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One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.
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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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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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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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Every morning prepare your soul for a tranquil day.
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True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
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Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.
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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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Take care of your health, that it may serve you to serve God.
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Pride dies 20 minutes after death.
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For every great temptation there will be many small ones. Wolves and bears are more dangerous than flies, but we are bothered most by flies.
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If, when stung by slander or ill-nature, we wax proud and swell with anger, it is a proof that our gentleness and humility are unreal, and mere artificial show.
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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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