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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

Humor is the foundation of reconciliation.
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Foundation Humor
Make yourself familiar with the angels and behold them frequently in spirit; for without being seen, they are present with you.
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Angel Present See Yourself
God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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God Himself Person Present Work
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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Construction Fall Gentle Human Mindset Resistance Side Soft
Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
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Beginning Break Friendship
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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Learning Love Ourselves Study Talk Thinking
Every Christian needs a half-hour of prayer each day, except when he is busy, then he needs an hour.
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Busy Exception Himself Need Prayer
Doing little things with a strong desire to please God makes them really great.
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Desire God Great Strong
True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
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Notice Persistence Progress True
Those who pray from the heart do not think about the prayer they are saying, but about the God to whom they pray.
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God Heart Prayer Yourself
There is nothing small in the service of God.
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God Service Small Value
Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
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Beautiful Flower Garden Growth
While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.
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Busy Greatness Myself Small Value
We must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear.
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Deep Fear God Love Religious
A heart-memory is better than a mere head-memory. Better to carry away a little of the love of Christ in our souls, than if we were able to repeat every word of every sermon we ever heard.
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God Head Heart Memories Ourselves Repeat Word
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
It is right that you should begin again every day. There is no better way to complete the spiritual life than to be ever beginning it over again.
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Beginning Better Life Right Spiritual
We have freedom to do good or evil; yet to make choice of evil, is not to use, but to abuse our freedom.
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Choice Evil Freedom Goodness Ourselves
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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Himself Science Suffering
Half an hour’s meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.
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Busy Day Exception Meditation Need
Be who you are and do that well.
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Be Yourself Original Self Love
Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.
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Breathe Easy God Heart
To live according to the spirit is to love according to the spirit.
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Live Love Spirit
Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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Be Yourself Perfection Self Love Try
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
It is better to remain silent than to speak the truth ill-humoredly, and spoil an excellent dish by covering it with bad sauce.
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Bad Better Excellence Silence Talk
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

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