There is no artifice as good and desirable as simplicity.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESThe whole world is not worth one soul.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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He who complains, sins.
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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.
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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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There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again.
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For every great temptation there will be many small ones. Wolves and bears are more dangerous than flies, but we are bothered most by flies.
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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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Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
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It is a great imperfection to complain unceasingly of little things.
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One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.
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There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.
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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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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 who you are and do that well.
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The Lord delights in every little step you take.
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