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.
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.
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You 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.
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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 matters little how one begins, provided that he be resolved to go on well, and to end well.
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A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
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To lose ourselves in God is simply to give up our own will to Him. When a soul can truly say Lord I have no other will than Thine it is truly lost in God and united to Him.
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There is no artifice as good and desirable as simplicity.
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Let the enemy rage at the gate; let him knock, pound, scream, howl; let him do his worst. We know for certain that he cannot enter our soul except by the door of our consent.
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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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Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.
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Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.
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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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I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.
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The whole world is not worth one soul.
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He who complains, sins.
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True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
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