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Francis De Sales quotes: Make yourself familiar with the angels and behold them frequently in spirit; for without being seen, they are present with you.

Make yourself familiar with the angels and behold them frequently in spirit; for without being seen, they are present with you.

Francis De Sales quotes: Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself ... do not be disheartened by your imperfections, but always rise up with fresh courage.

Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself ... do not be disheartened by your imperfections, but always rise up with fresh courage.

Francis De Sales quotes: See, this divine lover is at the gate. He does not merely knock, but He remains there knocking. He calls to the soul.

See, this divine lover is at the gate. He does not merely knock, but He remains there knocking. He calls to the soul.

Francis De Sales quotes: Little deeds that proceed from charity please God and have their place among meritorious acts.

Little deeds that proceed from charity please God and have their place among meritorious acts.

Francis De Sales quotes: Do not become upset when difficulty comes your way. Laugh in its face and know that you are in the hands of God.

Do not become upset when difficulty comes your way. Laugh in its face and know that you are in the hands of God.

Francis De Sales quotes: This unresting anxiety is the greatest evil which can happen to the soul, sin only excepted.

This unresting anxiety is the greatest evil which can happen to the soul, sin only excepted.

Francis De Sales quotes: It is wonderful how attractive a gentle, pleasant manner is, and how much it wins hearts.

It is wonderful how attractive a gentle, pleasant manner is, and how much it wins hearts.

Francis De Sales quotes: Be patient and one day you will be in Heaven, where there will be only peace and joy ... You will possess an enduring tranquility and rest.

Be patient and one day you will be in Heaven, where there will be only peace and joy ... You will possess an enduring tranquility and rest.

Francis De Sales quotes: One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.

One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.

Francis De Sales quotes: It is a fact that people are always well aware of what is due them.Unfortunately, they remain oblivious of what they owe to others.

It is a fact that people are always well aware of what is due them.
Unfortunately, they remain oblivious of what they owe to others.

Francis De Sales quotes: Do not wish to be anything except what you are.

Do not wish to be anything except what you are.

Francis De Sales quotes: Have contempt for contempt.

Have contempt for contempt.

Francis De Sales quotes: There is no artifice as good and desirable as simplicity.

There is no artifice as good and desirable as simplicity.

Francis De Sales quotes: God is merciful to those who want to love Him and who have placed their hopes in Him.

God is merciful to those who want to love Him and who have placed their hopes in Him.

Francis De Sales quotes: Certainly all virtues are very dear to God, but humility pleases Him above all the others, and it seems that He can refuse it nothing.

Certainly all virtues are very dear to God, but humility pleases Him above all the others, and it seems that He can refuse it nothing.

Francis De Sales quotes: God desires from us more fidelity to the little things that he places in our power than ardor for great things that do not depend upon us.

God desires from us more fidelity to the little things that he places in our power than ardor for great things that do not depend upon us.

Francis De Sales quotes: Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.

Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.

Francis De Sales quotes: Those who love to be feared fear to be loved.

Those who love to be feared fear to be loved.

Francis De Sales quotes: You must grow in love by means of the root, rather than the branches. (S II 7)

You must grow in love by means of the root, rather than the branches. (S II 7)

Francis De Sales quotes: Humility consists in not esteeming ourselves above other men, and in not seeking to be esteemed above them.

Humility consists in not esteeming ourselves above other men, and in not seeking to be esteemed above them.

Francis De Sales quotes: Stretch out your hand to Him like a little child to his father so that He may lead you on.

Stretch out your hand to Him like a little child to his father so that He may lead you on.

Francis De Sales quotes: If He is with me I care not where I go.

If He is with me I care not where I go.

Francis De Sales quotes: Learn to see God in the details of your life, for He is everywhere.

Learn to see God in the details of your life, for He is everywhere.

Francis De Sales quotes: When all shall fail us, then God will take care of us, and then all will not fail us since we shall have God.

When all shall fail us, then God will take care of us, and then all will not fail us since we shall have God.

Francis De Sales quotes: Truly it is a blessed thing to love on earth as we hope to love in Heaven, and to begin that friendship here which is to endure for ever there.

Truly it is a blessed thing to love on earth as we hope to love in Heaven, and to begin that friendship here which is to endure for ever there.

Francis De Sales quotes: There will be nothing which the fullness of His love does not replenish.

There will be nothing which the fullness of His love does not replenish.

Francis De Sales quotes: We are crucified to the world, and the world must be as crucified to us. It esteems us as fools, let us esteem it as mad.

We are crucified to the world, and the world must be as crucified to us. It esteems us as fools, let us esteem it as mad.

Francis De Sales quotes: Grace is never wanting. God always gives sufficient grace to whoever is willing to receive it.

Grace is never wanting. God always gives sufficient grace to whoever is willing to receive it.

Francis De Sales quotes: From the heights of heaven Jesus Christ mercifully looks down upon you and graciously invites you there.

From the heights of heaven Jesus Christ mercifully looks down upon you and graciously invites you there.

Francis De Sales quotes: Even as birds on the wing meet the air continually, we, let us go where we will, meet with that Presence always and everywhere.

Even as birds on the wing meet the air continually, we, let us go where we will, meet with that Presence always and everywhere.

Francis De Sales quotes: He asks for your own heart. Give it such as it is ... Are we not aware that everything that is remitted into His divine hands is converted to good?

He asks for your own heart. Give it such as it is ... Are we not aware that everything that is remitted into His divine hands is converted to good?

Francis De Sales quotes: Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.

Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.

Francis De Sales quotes: He would never exhort the faithful to persevere if he were not ready to give them the power to do so.

He would never exhort the faithful to persevere if he were not ready to give them the power to do so.

Francis De Sales quotes: The whole world is not worth one soul.

The whole world is not worth one soul.

Francis De Sales quotes: When human aid fails us, all is not wanting; for God takes over and takes care of us by His special Providence.

When human aid fails us, all is not wanting; for God takes over and takes care of us by His special Providence.

Francis De Sales quotes: A man who can own pearls does not bother about shells, and those who aspire to virtue do not trouble themselves over honors.

A man who can own pearls does not bother about shells, and those who aspire to virtue do not trouble themselves over honors.

Francis De Sales quotes: If we walk steadily and faithfully ... God will lift us up to greater things.

If we walk steadily and faithfully ... God will lift us up to greater things.

Francis De Sales quotes: Many would be willing to have afflictions provided that they not be inconvenienced by them.

Many would be willing to have afflictions provided that they not be inconvenienced by them.

Francis De Sales quotes: The world is passing away.

The world is passing away.

Francis De Sales quotes: During the night we must wait for the light.

During the night we must wait for the light.

Francis De Sales quotes: Be who you are and be that well.

Be who you are and be that well.

Francis De Sales quotes: When we abandon all to Him, He takes a tender care of us, and His Providence for us is great or small according to the measure of our abandonment.

When we abandon all to Him, He takes a tender care of us, and His Providence for us is great or small according to the measure of our abandonment.

Francis De Sales quotes: He will unfailingly be pleased with our patience and take note of our diligence and perseverance.

He will unfailingly be pleased with our patience and take note of our diligence and perseverance.

Francis De Sales quotes: Be patient, you are in good company. Our Lord Himself, our Lady, the apostles, and countless saints, both men and women, have been poor.

Be patient, you are in good company. Our Lord Himself, our Lady, the apostles, and countless saints, both men and women, have been poor.