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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 Sales

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While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.
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Busy Greatness Myself Small Value
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
Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.
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Agreement Devotion Unity
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
All of us can attain to Christian virtue and holiness, no matter in what condition of life we live and no matter what our life work may be.
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Holy Life Live Ourselves Virtue Work
One rarely does well what one rarely does.
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Oneself Rare
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
For every great temptation there will be many small ones. Wolves and bears are more dangerous than flies, but we are bothered most by flies.
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Greatness Small Temptation Wolf
There is nothing small in the service of God.
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God Service Small Value
Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.
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God Greatness Oneself Service Surround
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
A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
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Better Charity Silence Truth
God will either shield you from suffering or give you unfailing strength to bear it.
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Failure God Strength Suffering Yourself
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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Anxiety Command Evil Exception God Greatness Prayer Worry Yourself
In everything, love simplicity.
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Love One Liner Simplicity
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

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