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Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.
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
Clergyman
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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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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In so far as divine love beautifies our souls. And makes us pleasing to His divine Majesty, it is called grace in so far as it gives us strength to do good, it is called charity but when it reaches such a degree of perfection, that it makes us not only do the good, but do so carefully, frequently and readily, then it is called devotion.
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Trouble that is easily recognized is half-cured.
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Let us run to Mary, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence.
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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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In no other action can our Savior be considered more tender or more loving than in this, in which He, as it were, annihilates Himself and reduces Himself to food, that He may penetrate our souls and unite Himself to the hearts of His faithful.
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