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God will either shield you from suffering or give you unfailing strength to bear it.
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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Theologian
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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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Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. I mean, do not be disturbed because of your imperfections, and always rise up bravely from a fall. I am glad that you make a daily new beginning there is no better means of progress in the spiritual life than to be continually beginning afresh, and never to think that we have done enough.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.
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Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.
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A heart-memory is better than a mere head-memory. Better to carry away a little of the love of Christ in our souls, than if we were able to repeat every word of every sermon we ever heard.
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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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Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.
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Be who you are and do that well.
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Take care of your health, that it may serve you to serve God.
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A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
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Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb.
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The highest point of humility consists in not merely acknowledging one's abjection, but in taking pleasure therein, not from any want of breadth or courage, but to give the more glory to God's Divine Majesty, and to esteem one's neighbour more highly than one's self.
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Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.
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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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If, when stung by slander or ill-nature, we wax proud and swell with anger, it is a proof that our gentleness and humility are unreal, and mere artificial show.
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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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While extremely sensitive as to the slightest approach to slander, you must also guard against an extreme into which some people fall, who, in their desire to speak evil of no one, actually uphold and speak well of vice.
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Though perseverance does not come from our power, yet it comes within our power.
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Since God often sends us inspirations by means of His angels, we should frequently return our aspirations to him by means of the same messengers.
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Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.
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