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Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.

St Francis De Sales

God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
ST FRANCIS DE SALES

God Himself Person Present Work
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
Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
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Beautiful Flower Garden Growth
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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Beginning Earth Endurance Heaven Hope Love True
Cook the truth in charity until it tastes sweet.
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Charity Cook Sweet Taste Truth
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
God takes pleasure to see you take your little steps; and like a good father who holds his child by the hand, He will accommodate His steps to yours and will be content to go no faster than you. Why do you worry?
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Accommodation Children Fast God Hands Happiness Hold Yourself
When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
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Contradict Difficult Gentle Time
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
You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.
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Attraction Choice Yourself
We may be excused for not always being bright, but we are not excused for not being gracious, yielding and considerate.
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Bright Grace Ourselves
There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.
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Soft Strength Strong True
We must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear.
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Deep Fear God Love Religious
Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.
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Fools Himself Hold Man Wisdom
A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
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Better Charity Silence Truth
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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Bad Better Excellence Silence Talk

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