Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES
Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.
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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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There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again.
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Every morning prepare your soul for a tranquil day.
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True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
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He who complains, sins.
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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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It is a great imperfection to complain unceasingly of little things.
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Fear is a greater evil than evil itself.
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To live according to the spirit is to love according to the spirit.
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Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. I mean do not be disheartened by your imperfections, but always rise up with fresh courage.
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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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If you would fall into any extreme, let it be on the side of gentleness. The human mind is so constructed that it resists rigor, and yields to softness.
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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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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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Never be hurried in anything. Do all things calmly and in a spirit of repose. Do not lose your inward peace even if everything seems to be going wrong. What is anything in life compared to peace of soul?
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