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All of us can attain to Christian virtue and holiness, no matter in what condition of life we live and no matter what our life work may be.

Saint Francis de Sales

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Saint Francis de Sales
Age: 55 †
Born: 1567
Born: August 26
Died: 1622
Died: December 28
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Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.
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Fear is a greater evil than evil itself.
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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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There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.
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When the bee has gathered the dew of heaven and the earth's sweetest nectar from the flowers, it turns it into honey, then hastens to its hive. In the same way, the priest, having taken from the altar the Son of God (who is as the dew from heaven, and true son of Mary, flower of our humanity), gives him to you as delicious food.
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One rarely does well what one rarely does.
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Do everything calmly and peacefully. Do as much as you can as well as you can. Strive to see God in all things without exception, and consent to His will joyously. Do everything for God, uniting yourself to him in word and deed. Walk very simply with the Cross of the Lord and be at peace with yourself.
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You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.
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The Prayer of the sick person is his patience and his acceptance of his sickness for the love of Jesus Christ. Make sickness itself a prayer, for there is none more powerful, save martyrdom!
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Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.
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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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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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There are no galley-slaves in the royal vessel of divine love - every man works his oar voluntarily!
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He prays well who is so absorbed with God that he does not know he is praying.
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It is the mark of a mean, vulgar and ignoble spirit to dwell on the thought of food before meal times or worse to dwell on it afterwards, to discuss it and wallow in the remembered pleasures of every mouthful. Those whose minds dwell before dinner on the spit, and after on the dishes, are fit only to be scullions.
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Souls do not wish to be bullied, but gently brought back such is the nature of man.
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The Lord delights in every little step you take.
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