Those who pray from the heart do not think about the prayer they are saying, but about the God to whom they pray.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESIt 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.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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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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It is to those who have the most need of us that we ought to show our love more especially.
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Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
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Be who you are and do that well.
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One rarely does well what one rarely does.
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What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience.
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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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It is a great imperfection to complain unceasingly of little things.
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There is nothing small in the service of God.
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During the night we must wait for the light.
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He who complains, sins.
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While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.
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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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Let the enemy rage at the gate; let him knock, pound, scream, howl; let him do his worst. We know for certain that he cannot enter our soul except by the door of our consent.
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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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True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
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Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
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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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The whole world is not worth one soul.
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When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
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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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Friendship requires great communication.
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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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Doing little things with a strong desire to please God makes them really great.
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Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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