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“He complains much of our blindness, and cries often
that we are to be pitied who content ourselves with so little. GOD, saith he, has infinite treasure to bestow, and we take up with a little sensible devotion, which passes in a moment. Blind as we are, we hinder GOD, and stop the current of His graces. But when he f nds a soul penetrated with a lively faith, He pours into it His graces and favors plentifully: there they flow like a torrent, which, after being forcibly stopped against its ordinary course, when it has found a passage, spreads itself with impetuosity and abundance.”
― Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God and The Spiritual Maxims

“When you speak of your neighbour, look upon your tongue as a sharp razor in the surgeon’s hand, about to cut nerves and tendons; it should be used so carefully, as to insure that no particle more or less than the truth be said.”
― Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life - Enhanced Version

“Be bold and resolute then in performing the spiritual exercises I have set before you, and God will give you time and strength for all other duties, yea, even if He were to cause the sun to stand still, as He did in Joshua’s time. 211 We are sure always to do enough when God works with us.”
― Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life - Enhanced Version

“Believe me, count as lost each day you have not used in loving GoD."
-BROTHER LAWRENCE.”
― Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God and The Spiritual Maxims