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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.
Saint Francis de Sales
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Saint Francis de Sales
Age: 55 †
Born: 1567
Born: August 26
Died: 1622
Died: December 28
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Chateau de Thorens
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Bishop of Geneva
Francçois de Sales
François de Salfes
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Have patience with all things - but first with yourself. Never confuse your mistakes with your value as a human being. You are perfectly valuable, creative, worthwhile person simply because you exist. And no amount of triumphs or tribulations can ever change that.
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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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God requires a faithful fulfillment of the merest trifle given us to do, rather than the most ardent aspiration to things to which we are not called.
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Do not be ashamed of being poor, or of asking alms. Receive what is given you with humility, and accept a refusal meekly. Frequently call to mind Our Lady's journey into Egypt with her Holy Child, and of all the poverty, contempt and suffering they endured. If you follow their example you will indeed be rich amid your poverty.
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Trouble that is easily recognized is half-cured.
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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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Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.
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Every morning prepare your soul for a tranquil day.
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Fear is a greater evil than evil itself.
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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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Those who commit these types of scandals are guility of the spiritual equivalent of murder, but I, here among you to prevent something far worst for you. While those who give scandal are guilty of the spiritual equivalent of murder, those who take scandal- who allow scandals to destroy faith- are guilty of spiritual suicide.
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Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
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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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It is to those who have the most need of us that we ought to show our love more especially.
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Make yourself familiar with the angels and behold them frequently in spirit for without being seen, they are present with you.
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It is better to remain silent than to speak the truth ill-humoredly, and spoil an excellent dish by covering it with bad sauce.
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He who can preserve gentleness amid pains, and peace amid worry multitude of affairs, is almost perfect.
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Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.
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He who stays not in his littleness, loses his greatness.
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