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Take care of your health, that it may serve you to serve God.

St Francis De Sales

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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Care God Heart See Start Strive Yourself
There is no artifice as good and desirable as simplicity.
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Artificial Desire Goodness Simplicity
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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Calm Compare Hurry Lose Peace Soul Spirit
Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.
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Fly Patience Walk Wings Yourself
Doing little things with a strong desire to please God makes them really great.
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Desire God Great Strong
Many who confess their venial sins out of custom and concern for order but without thought of amendment remain burdened with them for their whole life and thus lose many spiritual benefits and advantages.
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Advantage Confession Life Order Spiritual
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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Angry Artificial Gentle Glow Humility Nature Proud Reality
It is to those who have the most need of us that we ought to show our love more especially.
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Love Need Ourselves
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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Greatness Imperfection Ourselves Power Upset Weakness
During the night we must wait for the light.
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Light Night Wait
Friendship requires great communication.
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Communication Friendship Greatness
What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience.
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Love Need Ocean Patience Understand
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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Bad Better Excellence Silence Talk
Do not desire crosses, unless you have borne those already laid upon you well — it is an abuse to long after martyrdom while unable to bear an insult patiently.
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Born Desire Insult Patience
The Lord delights in every little step you take.
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God Happiness Joy Step
We must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear.
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Deep Fear God Love Religious

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