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True humility scarcely ever utters words of humility.
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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Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
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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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We must never undervalue any person. The workman loves not that his work should be despised in his presence. Now God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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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 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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Take care of your health, that it may serve you to serve God.
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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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The spirit cannot endure the body when overfed, but, if underfed, the body cannot endure the spirit.
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Every Christian needs a half-hour of prayer each day, except when he is busy, then he needs an hour.
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Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.
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A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.
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Whatever happens, abide steadfast in a determination to cling simply to God.
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People can pass thirty nights in dancing and no one complains about it, but if they watch through a single Christmas night they cough and claim their stomach is upset the next morning. Does anyone fail to see that the world is an unjust judge, gracious and well disposed to its own children but harsh and rigorous towards the children of God?
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In everything, love simplicity.
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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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Consider all the past as nothing, and say, like David: Now I begin to love my God.
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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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If we say a little it is easy to add, but having said too much it is hard to withdraw and never can it be done so quickly as to hinder the harm of our success.
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