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Sayings of St. Francis de Sales

We must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear.

In the royal galley of divine Love, there is no galley slave: all rowers are volunteers.

All the science of the Saints is included in these two things: To do, and to suffer. And whoever had done these two things best, has made himself most saintly.

The world holds us to be fools; let us hold it to be mad.
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