Category: <span>Daily Thoughts</span>

“Don’t get upset with your imperfections. It’s a great mistake because it leads nowhere – to get angry because you are angry, upset at being upset, depressed at being depressed, disappointed because you are disappointed. So don’t fool yourself. Simply surrender to the Power of God’s Love, which is always greater than our weakness.” Saint […]

“It is not those who commit the least faults who are the most holy, but those who have the greatest courage, the greatest generosity, the greatest love, who make the boldest efforts to overcome themselves, and are not immediately apprehensive about tripping.” Saint Francis de Sales

“Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. I mean do not be disheartened by your imperfections, but always rise up with fresh courage. How are we to be patient in dealing with our neighbour’s faults if we are impatient in dealing with our own? He who is fretted by his own failings will […]

“Never be hurried in anything. Do all things calmly and in a spirit of repose. Do not lose your inward peace even if everything seems to be going wrong. What is anything in life compared to peace of soul?” Saint Francis de Sales

“Retire at various times into the solitude of your own heart, even while outwardly engaged in discussions or transactions with others, and talk to God.” Saint Francis de Sales

“When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.” Saint Francis de Sales

“To live according to the spirit is to love according to the spirit.” Saint Francis de Sales

“So many have come to me that I might serve them, leaving me no time to think of myself. However, I assure you that I do feel deep down within me, God be praised.” Saint Francis de Sales

“Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.” Saint Francis de Sales

“True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.” Saint Francis de Sales