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 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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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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God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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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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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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By giving yourself to God, You not only receive Himself in exchange, but eternal life as well.
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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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You learn to love by loving.
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You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.
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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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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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A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
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Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
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While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.
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There is nothing small in the service of God.
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There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.
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