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Every morning prepare your soul for a tranquil day.

Every morning prepare your soul for a tranquil day.

Saint Francis de Sales
Morning, Catholic, Soul

Let the enemy rage at the gate; let him knock, pound, scream, howl; let him do his worst. We know for certain that he cannot enter our soul except by the door of our consent.

Saint Francis de Sales
Doors, Soul, Enemy
Saint Francis (de Sales), Saint Jeanne-Françoise de Chantal, Wendy M. Wright, Joseph F. Power (1988). “Francis de Sales, Jane de Chantal: letters of spiritual direction”

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
Soul, Inward, Spirit

To lose ourselves in God is simply to give up our own will to Him. When a soul can truly say Lord I have no other will than Thine it is truly lost in God and united to Him.

Saint Francis de Sales
Giving Up, Soul, Lord

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.

Saint Francis de Sales
Memories, Heart, Soul
"Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 373, 1895.

Examine from time to time what are the dominant passions of your soul, and having ascertained this, mold your life, so that in thought, word, and deed you may as far as possible counteract them.

Saint Francis de Sales
Passion, Soul, Mold

Make friends with the angels, who though invisible are always with you. Often invoke them, constantly praise them, and make good use of their help and assistance in all your temporal and spiritual affairs.

Saint Francis de Sales
Spiritual, Angel, Soul
"Introduction to the Devout Life". Book by Francis de Sales, Pt. 2, ch. 16, 1609.

The whole world is not worth one soul.

Saint Francis de Sales
Soul, World, Whole
Saint Francis de Sales, Catholic Way Publishing (2015). “Introduction to the Devout Life”, p.389, Catholic Way Publishing

Let is walk ... joyously, dear souls, among the difficulties of this passing life ... These pains will have an end when our life ends, after which there will be only joy, only contentment, only eternal consolation.

Saint Francis de Sales
Pain, Joy, Soul

Naturally we all have an inclination to command, and a great aversion to obey; and yet it is certain that it is more for our good to obey than to command; hence perfect souls have always had a great affection for obedience, and have found all their joy and comfort in it.

Saint Francis de Sales
Perfect, Joy, Soul

Souls do not wish to be bullied, but gently brought back; such is the nature of man.

Saint Francis de Sales
Men, Catholic, Soul

In no other action can our Savior be considered more tender or more loving than in this, in which He, as it were, annihilates Himself and reduces Himself to food, that He may penetrate our souls and unite Himself to the hearts of His faithful.

Saint Francis de Sales
Heart, Soul, Faithful