"Humor is the foundation of reconciliation."
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Saint Francis de Sales quotes (page 6 of 11)
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"Don't get upset with your imperfections. Surrender to the Power of God's Love, which is greater than our weakness."
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"It is a great imperfection to complain unceasingly of little things."
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"There is no artifice as good and desirable as simplicity."
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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 the heart wanders or is distracted, bring it back to the point quite gently... And even if you did nothing during the whole of your hour but bring your heart back, though it went away every time you brought it back, your hour would be very well employed."
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"It matters little how one begins, provided that he be resolved to go on well, and to end well."
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"Examine from time to time what are the dominant passions of your soul, and having ascertained this, mold your life, so that in thought, word, and deed you may as far as possible counteract them."
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"Strive to see God in all things without exception. Do not smother yourself...If you start smothering yourself with a host of cares and longings and wishes ... you will be disabling yourself from serving God with all your heart."
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"Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself."
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"It is wonderful how attractive a gentle, pleasant manner is, and how much it wins hearts."
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"Big fires flare up in a wind, but little ones are blown out unless they are carried in under cover."
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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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"Work hard every day at increasing your purity of heart, which consists in appraising things and weighing them in the balance of God's will."
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"If after all your efforts you cannot succeed, you could not please our Lord more than by sacrificing to Him your will, and remaining in tranquility, humility, and devotion, entirely conformed and submissive to His divine will and good pleasure."
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"Trouble that is easily recognized is half-cured."
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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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"In everything, love simplicity."
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"Frequent not the company of immodest persons, especially if they be also impudent, as is generally the case; ...these corrupted souls and infected hearts scarcely speak to any, either of the same or a different sex, without causing them to fall in some degree from purity; they have poison in their eyes and in their breath, like basilisks. On the contrary, keep company with the chaste and virtuous; often meditate upon and read holy things; for the word of God is chaste, and makes those also chaste that delight in it."
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"Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb."
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