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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
St. Francis de Sales
Saint Francis of Sales
Bishop of Geneva
Francçois de Sales
François de Salfes
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If after all your efforts you cannot succeed, you could not please our Lord more than by sacrificing to Him your will, and remaining in tranquility, humility, and devotion, entirely conformed and submissive to His divine will and good pleasure.
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A dance is the devil's procession, and he that entereth into a dance, entereth into his possession.
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Trouble that is easily recognized is half-cured.
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Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.
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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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Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.
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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 lose courage in considering your own imperfections.
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It is not those who commit the least faults who are the most holy, but those who have the greatest courage, the greatest generosity, the greatest love, who make the boldest efforts to overcome themselves, and are not immediately apprehensive about tripping.
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The spirit cannot endure the body when overfed, but, if underfed, the body cannot endure the spirit.
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Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
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Those who commit these types of scandals are guility of the spiritual equivalent of murder, but I, here among you to prevent something far worst for you. While those who give scandal are guilty of the spiritual equivalent of murder, those who take scandal- who allow scandals to destroy faith- are guilty of spiritual suicide.
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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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It is a great imperfection to complain unceasingly of little things.
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Obedience is a consecration of the heart, chastity of the body, and poverty of all worldly goods to the Love and Service of God. Blessed indeed are the obedient, for God will never permit them to go astray.
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God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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It is wonderful how attractive a gentle, pleasant manner is, and how much it wins hearts.
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Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.
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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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He who stays not in his littleness, loses his greatness.
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