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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
When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
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Contradict Difficult Gentle Time
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
Be who you are and be that well.
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Be Yourself Self Love
There is no artifice as good and desirable as simplicity.
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Artificial Desire Goodness Simplicity
He who can preserve gentleness amid pains, and peace amid worry multitude of affairs, is almost perfect.
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Gentle Himself Pain Peace Perfection Preserve
Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.
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Courage Imperfection Lose Yourself
God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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God Himself Person Present Work
To live according to the spirit is to love according to the spirit.
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Live Love Spirit
Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.
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Calm Hurry Quiet Spirit World Yourself
Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.
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Agreement Devotion Unity
There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again.
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Beginning Better Spiritual
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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Confidence God Prosperity Resolution Yourself
Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb.
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Angry Animal Sight
Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
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Beginning Break Friendship
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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Beginning Eyes God Meditation Presence Soul

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