It is better to remain silent than to speak the truth ill-humoredly, and spoil an excellent dish by covering it with bad sauce.
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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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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Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry.
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Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.
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There is no artifice as good and desirable as simplicity.
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Fear is a greater evil than evil itself.
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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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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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Every Christian needs a half-hour of prayer each day, except when he is busy, then he needs an hour.
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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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Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
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It is a great imperfection to complain unceasingly of little things.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.
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God will either shield you from suffering or give you unfailing strength to bear it.
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Every moment comes to us pregnant with a command from God, only to pass on and plunge into eternity, there to remain forever what we have made of it.
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