Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESHumility consists in not esteeming ourselves above other men, and in not seeking to be esteemed above them.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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Half an hour’s meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.
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The whole world is not worth one soul.
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He who can preserve gentleness amid pains, and peace amid worry multitude of affairs, is almost perfect.
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Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.
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Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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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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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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Humility consists in not esteeming ourselves above other men, and in not seeking to be esteemed above them.
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We must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear.
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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.
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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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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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While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.
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