We have freedom to do good or evil; yet to make choice of evil, is not to use, but to abuse our freedom.
When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
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 not correct them. All profitable correction comes from a calm and peaceful mind.
A heart-memory is better than a mere head-memory. Better to carry away a little of the love of Christ in our souls, than if we were able to repeat every word of every sermon we ever heard.
Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
It is to those who have the most need of us that we ought to show our love more especially.
We must never undervalue any person. The workman loves not that his work should be despised in his presence. Now God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
We do not very often come across opportunities for exercising strength, magnanimity, or magnificence; but gentleness, temperance, modesty, and humility, are graces which ought to colour everything we do. There may be virtues of a more exalted mould, but... these are the most continually called for in daily life.
One rarely does well what one rarely does.
Be not miserable about what may happen tomorrow. The same everlasting Father, who cares for you today, will care for you tomorrow.
You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; and just so, you learn to love by loving. All those who think to learn in any other way deceive themselves.
Don't get upset with your imperfections. Surrender to the Power of God's Love, which is greater than our weakness.
Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
Humor is the foundation of reconciliation.
The Lord delights in every little step you take.
When you have received Him, stir up your heart to do Him homage; speak to Him about your spiritual life, gazing upon Him in your soul where He is present for your happiness; welcome Him as warmly as possible, and behave outwardly in such a way that your actions may give proof to all of His Presence.
You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.
True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.
He who can preserve gentleness amid pains, and peace amid worry multitude of affairs, is almost perfect.
The Devil doesn't fear austerity but holy obedience.
One single act done with aridity of spirit is worth more than many done with feelings of devotion.
The merit of the cross does not consist in its heaviness, but in the manner in which we carry it. I would even say that it is sometimes more virtuous to carry a cross of straw than a heavy cross because we have to be more attentive for fear of losing it.
We can never attain to perfection while we have an affection for any imperfection.
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