God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
ST FRANCIS DE SALESHave 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.
More St Francis De Sales Quotes
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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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You learn to love by loving.
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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb.
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There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again.
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Don’t get upset with your imperfections. Surrender to the Power of God’s Love, which is greater than our weakness.
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There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.
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Friendship requires great communication.
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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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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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To live according to the spirit is to love according to the spirit.
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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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Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.
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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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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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