Do not look forward to the changes and chances of this life in fear; rather look to them with full hope that, as they arise, God, whose you are, will deliver you out of them; He has kept you hitherto – do you but hold fast to his dear hand and he will lead you safely through all things; and, when you cannot stand he will bear you in his arms.
– St Francis De Sales
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Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage by considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them; every day begin the task anew.
– Francis de Sales
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Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.
– St Francis De Sales
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there was never an angry man that thought his anger was unjust.
– St Francis De Sales
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Where is the foolish person who would think it in his power to commit more sins than God could forgive? And who will dare to measure by the greatness of his crimes, the immensity of that infinite mercy which casts them all in to the depth of the sea of oblivion, when we repent of them with love?
– St Francis De Sales
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While I am busy with little things, I am no required to do greater things.
– St Francis De Sales