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Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.

St Francis De Sales

Half an hour’s meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.
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Busy Day Exception Meditation Need
Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
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Beginning Break Friendship
There is nothing small in the service of God.
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God Service Small Value
God will either shield you from suffering or give you unfailing strength to bear it.
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Failure God Strength Suffering Yourself
Every moment comes to us pregnant with a command from God, only to pass on and plunge into eternity, there to remain forever what we have made of it.
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Command Forever God Moments Pregnant
If, when stung by slander or ill-nature, we wax proud and swell with anger, it is a proof that our gentleness and humility are unreal, and mere artificial show.
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Angry Artificial Gentle Glow Humility Nature Proud Reality
You learn to love by loving.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

Learning Love One Liner
Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb.
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Angry Animal Sight
Those who pray from the heart do not think about the prayer they are saying, but about the God to whom they pray.
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God Heart Prayer Yourself
It is a great imperfection to complain unceasingly of little things.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

Complaint Greatness Imperfection
It is to those who have the most need of us that we ought to show our love more especially.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

Love Need Ourselves
It 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.
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Beginning Better Life Right Spiritual
One single act done with aridity of spirit is worth more than many done with feelings of devotion.
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Devotion Feeling Oneself Spirit Worth
Every Christian needs a half-hour of prayer each day, except when he is busy, then he needs an hour.
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Busy Exception Himself Need Prayer
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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Greatness Small Temptation Wolf
Do not desire crosses, unless you have borne those already laid upon you well — it is an abuse to long after martyrdom while unable to bear an insult patiently.
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Born Desire Insult Patience

Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.

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