One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESBy turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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Cook the truth in charity until it tastes sweet.
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Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
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Half an hour’s meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.
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Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
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We must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear.
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Take care of your health, that it may serve you to serve God.
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Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.
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Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.
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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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Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
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Doing little things with a strong desire to please God makes them really great.
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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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In everything, love simplicity.
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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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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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