We have freedom to do good or evil; yet to make choice of evil, is not to use, but to abuse our freedom.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESEvery morning prepare your soul for a tranquil day.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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In everything, love simplicity.
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Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb.
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While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.
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Every Christian needs a half-hour of prayer each day, except when he is busy, then he needs an hour.
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Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.
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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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We must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear.
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It is to those who have the most need of us that we ought to show our love more especially.
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There is no artifice as good and desirable as simplicity.
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The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.
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There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again.
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God takes pleasure to see you take your little steps; and like a good father who holds his child by the hand, He will accommodate His steps to yours and will be content to go no faster than you. Why do you worry?
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I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.
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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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Work hard every day at increasing your purity of heart, which consists in appraising things and weighing them in the balance of God’s will.
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