I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESIn everything, love simplicity.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.
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Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.
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God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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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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There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.
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Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
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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.
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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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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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True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
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Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.
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Whatever happens, abide steadfast in a determination to cling simply to God.
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Pride dies 20 minutes after death.
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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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Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb.
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