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.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESTake care of your health, that it may serve you to serve God.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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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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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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Be who you are and be that well.
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There is no artifice as good and desirable as simplicity.
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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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Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.
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God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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To live according to the spirit is to love according to the spirit.
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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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Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.
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There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again.
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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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Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb.
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Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
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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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