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

St Francis De Sales

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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Himself Person Presence Value Work
There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again.
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Beginning Better Spiritual
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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Greatness Imperfection Ourselves Power Upset Weakness
What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience.
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Love Need Ocean Patience Understand
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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Calm Compare Hurry Lose Peace Soul Spirit
By giving yourself to God, You not only receive Himself in exchange, but eternal life as well.
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Forever God Life Yourself
True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
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Notice Persistence Progress True
There is no artifice as good and desirable as simplicity.
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Artificial Desire Goodness Simplicity
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
Every morning prepare your soul for a tranquil day.
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Day Morning Preparation Soul Tranquility
He who can preserve gentleness amid pains, and peace amid worry multitude of affairs, is almost perfect.
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Gentle Himself Pain Peace Perfection Preserve
Doing little things with a strong desire to please God makes them really great.
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Desire God Great Strong
Many who confess their venial sins out of custom and concern for order but without thought of amendment remain burdened with them for their whole life and thus lose many spiritual benefits and advantages.
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Advantage Confession Life Order Spiritual
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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Give Up God Lose Ourselves Soul True Unity
While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.
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Busy Greatness Myself Small Value
Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
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Anxiety Doubt Meditation Peace

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