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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
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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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He prays well who is so absorbed with God that he does not know he is praying.
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He who complains, sins.
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I recommend to you holy simplicity.
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True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
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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 greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.
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To lose ourselves in God is simply to give up our own will to Him. When a soul can truly say Lord I have no other will than Thine it is truly lost in God and united to Him.
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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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For every great temptation there will be many small ones. Wolves and bears are more dangerous than flies, but we are bothered most by flies.
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Hell is full of good intentions and wills.
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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.
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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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Fear is a greater evil than evil itself.
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