To live according to the spirit is to love according to the spirit.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES
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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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St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales Be not miserable about what may happen tomorrow. The same everlasting Father, who cares for you today, will care for you tomorrow.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales 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.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales 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 SalesSt Francis De Sales Do not desire crosses, unless you have borne those already laid upon you well — it is an abuse to long after martyrdom while unable to bear an insult patiently.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales Work hard every day at increasing your purity of heart, which consists in appraising things and weighing them in the balance of God’s will.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales One rarely does well what one rarely does.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales Truly it is a blessed thing to love on earth as we hope to love in Heaven, and to begin that friendship here which is to endure for ever there.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales All of us can attain to Christian virtue and holiness, no matter in what condition of life we live and no matter what our life work may be.
St Francis De SalesSt Francis De Sales Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.
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