Those who pray from the heart do not think about the prayer they are saying, but about the God to whom they pray.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESAnxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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Cook the truth in charity until it tastes sweet.
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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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The whole world is not worth one soul.
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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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Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.
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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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Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
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Have Jesus always for your patron, His Cross for a mast on which you must spread your resolutions as a sail. Your anchor shall be a profound confidence in Him, and you shall sail prosperously.
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It is a great imperfection to complain unceasingly of little things.
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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.
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Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
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Don’t get upset with your imperfections. Surrender to the Power of God’s Love, which is greater than our weakness.
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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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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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