There is no artifice as good and desirable as simplicity.
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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Be who you are and do that well.
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Take care of your health, that it may serve you to serve God.
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There is nothing small in the service of God.
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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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Fear is a greater evil than evil itself.
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One rarely does well what one rarely does.
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While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.
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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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There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again.
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Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb.
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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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Make yourself familiar with the angels and behold them frequently in spirit; for without being seen, they are present with you.
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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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One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.
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The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.
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