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Saint Francis de Sales has 154 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Every Christian needs a half-hour of prayer each day, except when he is busy, then he needs an hour.
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You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; and just so, you…
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Since God often sends us inspirations by means of His angels, we should frequently return our aspirations to him by means of…
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All the science of the Saints is included in these two things: To do, and to suffer. And whoever had done these…
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Faith fills a man with love for the beauty of its truth, with faith in the truth of its beauty
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Fear is a greater evil than evil itself.
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...There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again...
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You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.
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Humor is the foundation of reconciliation.
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Those who love to be feared fear to be loved, and they themselves are more afraid than anyone, for whereas other men…
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It is the mark of a mean, vulgar and ignoble spirit to dwell on the thought of food before meal times or…
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The elephant, not only the largest but the most intelligent of animals, provides us with an excellent example. It is faithful and…
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You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.
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The grace of the Guru is like an ocean. If one comes with a cup he will only get a cupful. It…
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If you approach the ocean with a cup, you can only take away a cupful; if you approach it with a bucket…
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My meals were easily made, for they were all alike and simple, only a cupful of tea and bread.
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I knew, even as we touched that I had never wanted anything more in all my life. All my crabbed cravings were…
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Writing history is like drinking an ocean and pissing a cupful.
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I find now, swallowing one teaspoon of pain, that it drops downward to the past where it mixes with last year’s cupful…
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Creativity: Take the obvious, add a cupful of brains, a generous pinch of imagination, a bucketful of courage and daring, stir well…
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You have to fill your cup. You then give away the overflowing, but you keep a cupful for yourself.
— Wynonna Judd
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