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.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESIn everything, love simplicity.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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Every Christian needs a half-hour of prayer each day, except when he is busy, then he needs an hour.
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You learn to love by loving.
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Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.
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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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In everything, love simplicity.
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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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Humility consists in not esteeming ourselves above other men, and in not seeking to be esteemed above them.
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There is no artifice as good and desirable as simplicity.
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A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
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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.
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Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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For every great temptation there will be many small ones. Wolves and bears are more dangerous than flies, but we are bothered most by flies.
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When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
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True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
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