Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESBe patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. I mean do not be disheartened by your imperfections, but always rise up with fresh courage.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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Those who pray from the heart do not think about the prayer they are saying, but about the God to whom they pray.
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Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.
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Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
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Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
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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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He who can preserve gentleness amid pains, and peace amid worry multitude of affairs, is almost perfect.
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Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.
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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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A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
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The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.
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Faith is like a bright ray of sun light. It enables us to see God in all things as well as all things in God.
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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 learn to love by loving.
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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.
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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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