"I prefer a simple resolution made four times to four resolutions made once."
"It often happens our passions lie dormant. If, during that time, we do not lay up provision of strength with which to combat when we wake up, we shall be vanquished."
"Our imperfections ought neither to astonish us nor take away our courage."
"Many make this mistake: they invent chimeras in their minds, and fancy the road to heaven is strangely difficult. In this they are very wrong and much mistaken."
"You will not be asked by God whether you have reaped much, but whether you have taken great care to sow."
"Many waste time and thought on useless things and things impossible for them to do. The least harm such wishing does is to prevent the good desires God demands: to be patient, resigned, self-denying, gentle.
We should not desire to serve God in a way He does not want, but rather to serve Him much better in the way He has appointed."
Thank you for the quotes above. I received much wisdom reading this.
ReplyDeleteJim.
You are very welcome Jim! These are actually pulled from the book The Devout Life by Francis de Sales. He was a Roman Catholic bishop (of Geneva) of the late 16th/early 17 Century. I highly recommend the book as it is easy to read and quite applicable in a way more modern works are not.
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