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He prays well who is so absorbed with God that he does not know he is praying.
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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Let us think only of spending the present day well. Then when tomorrow shall have come, it will be called today, and then we will think about it.
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True virtue has no limits, but goes on and on, and especially holy charity, which is the virtue of virtues, and which having a definite object, would become infinite if it could meet with a heart capable of infinity.
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A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick.
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Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.
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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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Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.
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True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
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Cook the truth in charity until it tastes sweet.
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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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It is a great imperfection to complain unceasingly of little things.
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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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Hell is full of good intentions and wills.
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I have the same opinion of dances that physicians have of mushrooms: the best of them are good for nothing.
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Faith is like a bright ray of sun light. It enables us to see God in all things as well as all things in God.
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I see crosses at every turn. My flesh shudders over it, but my heart adores them. Yes, I hail you, crosses little and great, I hail you, and kiss your feet, unworthy of the honor of your shadow.
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He who complains, sins.
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I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.
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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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Be who you are and do 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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