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I recommend to you holy simplicity.
Saint Francis de Sales
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Saint Francis de Sales
Age: 55 †
Born: 1567
Born: August 26
Died: 1622
Died: December 28
Catholic Priest
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Chateau de Thorens
Saint Francis de Sales
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Bishop of Geneva
Francçois de Sales
François de Salfes
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It is to those who have the most need of us that we ought to show our love more especially.
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He who complains, sins.
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Be not miserable about what may happen tomorrow. The same everlasting Father, who cares for you today, will care for you tomorrow.
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We shall steer safely through every storm, so long as our heart is right, our intention fervent, our courage steadfast, and our trust fixed on God. If at times we are somewhat stunned by the tempest, never fear. Let us take breath, and go on afresh.
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Do not be ashamed of being poor, or of asking alms. Receive what is given you with humility, and accept a refusal meekly. Frequently call to mind Our Lady's journey into Egypt with her Holy Child, and of all the poverty, contempt and suffering they endured. If you follow their example you will indeed be rich amid your poverty.
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Fear is a greater evil than evil itself.
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One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.
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Let the enemy rage at the gate let him knock, pound, scream, howl let him do his worst. We know for certain that he cannot enter our soul except by the door of our consent.
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Make yourself familiar with the angels and behold them frequently in spirit for without being seen, they are present with you.
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During the night we must wait for the light.
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Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.
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Let us think only of spending the present day well. Then when tomorrow shall have come, it will be called today, and then we will think about it.
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I have the same opinion of dances that physicians have of mushrooms: the best of them are good for nothing.
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Professions of humility are the very cream, the very essence of pride the really humble person wishes to be, and not to appear so. Humility is timorous, and starts at her shadow and so delicate that if she hears her name pronounced it endangers her existence.
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Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.
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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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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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Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
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