He who can preserve gentleness amid pains, and peace amid worry multitude of affairs, is almost perfect.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESNothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
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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Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.
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Strive to see God in all things without exception. Do not smother yourself…If you start smothering yourself with a host of cares and longings and wishes … you will be disabling yourself from serving God with all your heart.
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Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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We must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear.
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Never be hurried in anything. Do all things calmly and in a spirit of repose. Do not lose your inward peace even if everything seems to be going wrong. What is anything in life compared to peace of soul?
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Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
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Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.
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Be who you are and do that well.
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Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.
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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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During the night we must wait for the light.
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It is better to remain silent than to speak the truth ill-humoredly, and spoil an excellent dish by covering it with bad sauce.
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Let us think only of spending the present day well. Then when tomorrow shall have come, it will be called today, and then we will think about it.
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