Truly it is a blessed thing to love on earth as we hope to love in Heaven, and to begin that friendship here which is to endure for ever there.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESThe whole world is not worth one soul.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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Humor is the foundation of reconciliation.
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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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Faith is like a bright ray of sun light. It enables us to see God in all things as well as all things in God.
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You learn to love by loving.
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Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.
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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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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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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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We must never undervalue any person. The workman loves not that his work should be despised in his presence. Now God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again.
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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.
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By turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God.
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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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Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
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