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To live according to the spirit is to love according to the spirit.

St Francis De Sales

Doing little things with a strong desire to please God makes them really great.
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Desire God Great Strong
It matters little how one begins, provided that he be resolved to go on well, and to end well.
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Beginning End Himself Move On
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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Beginning Eyes God Meditation Presence Soul
We must never undervalue any person. The workman loves not that his work should be despised in his presence. Now God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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Himself Person Presence Value Work
Let us think only of spending the present day well. Then when tomorrow shall have come, it will be called today, and then we will think about it.
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Come Future Present Thinking
Half an hour’s meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.
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Busy Day Exception Meditation Need
True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
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Notice Persistence Progress True
Fear is a greater evil than evil itself.
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Evil Fear Greatness
All the science of the Saints is included in these two things: To do, and to suffer. And whoever had done these two things best, has made himself most saintly.
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Himself Science Suffering
You learn to love by loving.
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Learning Love One Liner
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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God Heart Prayer Yourself
Whatever happens, abide steadfast in a determination to cling simply to God.
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Determination God Simplicity
Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.
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Fly Patience Walk Wings Yourself
Have Jesus always for your patron, His Cross for a mast on which you must spread your resolutions as a sail. Your anchor shall be a profound confidence in Him, and you shall sail prosperously.
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Confidence God Prosperity Resolution Yourself
God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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God Himself Person Present Work
While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.
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Busy Greatness Myself Small Value
He who complains, sins.
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Complaint Himself Win
Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.
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Calm Hurry Quiet Spirit World Yourself
God takes pleasure to see you take your little steps; and like a good father who holds his child by the hand, He will accommodate His steps to yours and will be content to go no faster than you. Why do you worry?
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Accommodation Children Fast God Hands Happiness Hold Yourself
Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.
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God Greatness Oneself Service Surround
Pride dies 20 minutes after death.
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Death One Liner Pride
Every Christian needs a half-hour of prayer each day, except when he is busy, then he needs an hour.
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Busy Exception Himself Need Prayer
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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Command Forever God Moments Pregnant
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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Choice Evil Freedom Goodness Ourselves
Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
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Beginning Break Friendship
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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Advantage Confession Life Order Spiritual
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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Angel Present See Yourself

To live according to the spirit is to love according to the spirit.

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