Those who pray from the heart do not think about the prayer they are saying, but about the God to whom they pray.
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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Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
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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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You learn to love by loving.
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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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The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.
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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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By turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God.
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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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Don’t get upset with your imperfections. Surrender to the Power of God’s Love, which is greater than our weakness.
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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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It is better to remain silent than to speak the truth ill-humoredly, and spoil an excellent dish by covering it with bad sauce.
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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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He who can preserve gentleness amid pains, and peace amid worry multitude of affairs, is almost perfect.
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Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
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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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