You learn to love by loving.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES
When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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You learn to love by loving.
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The Lord delights in every little step you take.
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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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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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Whatever happens, abide steadfast in a determination to cling simply to God.
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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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Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.
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It is a great imperfection to complain unceasingly of little things.
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Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
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Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.
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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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Truly it is a blessed thing to love on earth as we hope to love in Heaven, and to begin that friendship here which is to endure for ever there.
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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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Doing little things with a strong desire to please God makes them really great.
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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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