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Famous Saint Francis de Sales Quotes
“The whole world is not worth one soul.”
“It is wonderful how attractive a gentle, pleasant manner is, and how much it wins hearts.”
“I recommend to you holy simplicity.”
“Consider all the past as nothing, and say, like David: Now I begin to love my God.”
“Though perseverance does not come from our power, yet it comes within our power.”
“Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.”
“To live according to the spirit is to love according to the spirit.”
“Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.”
“Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.”
“Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.”
“There is nothing small in the service of God.”
“Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.”
“One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.”
“Take care of your health, that it may serve you to serve God.”
“Make sickness itself a prayer.”
“To love our neighbor in charity is to love God in man.”