Quotes 301 till 317 of 317.
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While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.
St. Francis de Sales
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Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.
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Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.
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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
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Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best Ends by the best Means.
Inquiry into the best means of our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue II, 5 -
Without friends the world is but a wilderness. There is no man that imparteth his joys to his friends, but he joyeth the more; and no man that imparteth his grieves to his friend, but he grieveth the less.
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Wives are young men's mistresses; companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.
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Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
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You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.
St. Francis de Sales
Bishop of Geneva and is honored as a saint in the Catholic Church (1567 - 1622) -
Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business.
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Youth doesn't reason, it acts. The old man reasons and would like to make the others act in his place.
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Each generation of the church in each setting has the responsibility of communicating the gospel in understandable terms, considering the language and thought-forms of that setting.
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One cannot imagine St. Francis of Assisi talking about rights.
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