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.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESEvery morning prepare your soul for a tranquil day.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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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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It is a great imperfection to complain unceasingly of little things.
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During the night we must wait for the light.
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He who complains, sins.
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The whole world is not worth one soul.
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All the science of the Saints is included in these two things: To do, and to suffer. And whoever had done these two things best, has made himself most saintly.
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You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; and just so, you learn to love by loving. All those who think to learn in any other way deceive themselves.
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There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again.
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We must never undervalue any person. The workman loves not that his work should be despised in his presence. Now God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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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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Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.
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You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.
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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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Humility consists in not esteeming ourselves above other men, and in not seeking to be esteemed above them.
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To live according to the spirit is to love according to the spirit.
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