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Take care of your health, that it may serve you to serve God.
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
St. Francis of Sales
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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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Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
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The state of marriage is one that requires more virtue and constancy than any other it is a perpetual exercise in mortification.
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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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What son would not bring his mother back to life and would not bring her into paradise after her death if he could?
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Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.
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True humility scarcely ever utters words of humility.
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Do not complain then of your poverty, my daughter, - we only complain of that which is unwelcome, and if poverty is unwelcome to you, you are no longer poor in spirit.
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God requires a faithful fulfillment of the merest trifle given us to do, rather than the most ardent aspiration to things to which we are not called.
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I see crosses at every turn. My flesh shudders over it, but my heart adores them. Yes, I hail you, crosses little and great, I hail you, and kiss your feet, unworthy of the honor of your shadow.
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Fear is a greater evil than evil itself.
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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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You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.
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Every morning prepare your soul for a tranquil day.
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During the night we must wait for the light.
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Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
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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.
Saint Francis de Sales
Many would be willing to have afflictions provided that they not be inconvenienced by them.
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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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The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.
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