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In everything, love simplicity.

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
Writer
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
Simplicity
Everything
Love

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Many who confess their venial sins out of custom and concern for order but without thought of amendment remain burdened with them for their whole life and thus lose many spiritual benefits and advantages.
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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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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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The spirit cannot endure the body when overfed, but, if underfed, the body cannot endure the spirit.
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Every morning prepare your soul for a tranquil day.
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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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We do not very often come across opportunities for exercising strength, magnanimity, or magnificence but gentleness, temperance, modesty, and humility, are graces which ought to colour everything we do. There may be virtues of a more exalted mould, but... these are the most continually called for in daily life.
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A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.
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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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Let us run to Mary, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence.
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Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.
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Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.
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One great remedy against all manner of temptation, great or small, is to open the heart and lay bare its suggestion, likings, and dislikings before some spiritual adviser for, . . . the first condition which the Evil One makes with a soul, when he wants to entrap it, is silence.
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It is right that you should begin again every day. There is no better way to complete the spiritual life than to be ever beginning it over again.
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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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By giving yourself to God, You not only receive Himself in exchange, but eternal life as well.
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