Half an hour’s meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESTo live according to the spirit is to love according to the spirit.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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Humor is the foundation of reconciliation.
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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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You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.
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A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
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Every morning prepare your soul for a tranquil day.
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One single act done with aridity of spirit is worth more than many done with feelings of devotion.
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Fear is a greater evil than evil itself.
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There is nothing small in the service of God.
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Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.
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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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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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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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Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.
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If, when stung by slander or ill-nature, we wax proud and swell with anger, it is a proof that our gentleness and humility are unreal, and mere artificial show.
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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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