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.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES
In everything, love simplicity.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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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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Half an hour’s meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.
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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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Fear is a greater evil than evil itself.
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It is to those who have the most need of us that we ought to show our love more especially.
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There is nothing small in the service of God.
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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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You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.
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It matters little how one begins, provided that he be resolved to go on well, and to end well.
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Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.
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Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.
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Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
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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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If, when stung by slander or ill-nature, we wax proud and swell with anger, it is a proof that our gentleness and humility are unreal, and mere artificial show.
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