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Saint Francis de Sales Quotes: We are sometimes so busy being good angels that we neglect to be good men and women.
         

We are sometimes so busy being good angels that we neglect to be good men and women.


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What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience.

What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience.



Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.

Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.



Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.

Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.



Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry.

Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry.



Faith is like a bright ray of sun light. It enables us to see God in all things as well as all things in God.

Faith is like a bright ray of sun light. It enables us to see God in all things as well as all things in God.



Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.

Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.



I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.

I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.



Let us think only of spending the present day well. Then when tomorrow shall have come, it will be called today, and then we will think about it.

Let us think only of spending the present day well. Then when tomorrow shall have come, it will be called today, and then we will think about it.



Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.



Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.

Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.





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If you despise your people, you will disregard them.If you hate your people, you will harm them.If you esteem your people, you will serve them.If you love your people, you will even die for them.

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The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government.

The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government.



When all the stars were falling, they fell from above, and I thought of hate, and I thought of hate, and then I thought of love.

When all the stars were falling, they fell from above, and I thought of hate, and I thought of hate, and then I thought of love.



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Even when I started in 1970, I knew that television was having a negative effect on our society.

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I have lived through the best years of this country's history. The next generations are going to see war and social calamities. I am glad I don't have to live on into them.

I have lived through the best years of this country's history. The next generations are going to see war and social calamities. I am glad I don't have to live on into them.



Which brings me to my conclusion upon Free Will and Predestination, namely - let the reader mark it - that they are identical.

Which brings me to my conclusion upon Free Will and Predestination, namely - let the reader mark it - that they are identical.




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