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.
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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To lose ourselves in God is simply to give up our own will to Him. When a soul can truly say Lord I have no other will than Thine it is truly lost in God and united to Him.
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Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.
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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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Whatever happens, abide steadfast in a determination to cling simply to God.
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God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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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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We may be excused for not always being bright, but we are not excused for not being gracious, yielding and considerate.
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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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Cook the truth in charity until it tastes sweet.
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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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By giving yourself to God, You not only receive Himself in exchange, but eternal life as well.
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It is a great imperfection to complain unceasingly of little things.
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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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