Saint Francis de Sales Quotes

To live according to the spirit is to love according to the spirit.

Saint Francis de Sales

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: clergyman
  • Nationality: swiss
  • Birth: August 21, 1567 - December 28, 1622

Topics

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Greed can't again lead the way. We've taken that route before with terrible consequences for this nation and its people.

Johanna Siguroardottir

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News and images move so easily across borders that attitudes and aspirations are no longer especially national. Cyber-weapons, no longer the exclusive province of national governments, can originate in a hacker's garage.

Robert Reich

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It is exhausting knowing that most of the time the phone rings, most of the time there's an email, most of the time there's a letter, someone wants something of you.

Stephen Fry

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Israel deserves special treatment from the United States, both for historical reasons and because there can be no regional peace without a secure Israel.

Stephen Kinzer

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Positive defaults align our short-term decisions with our long-term interests. And we don't always do that.

Tom Rath

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There's nothing scarier than just having a moment where you looked away and lost your child.

Rosemarie DeWitt

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At 11, I went to live with my maternal nan and granddad temporarily, after my parents separated, and Nan would let me have a go on her piano. My grandparents were like something out of the Noel Coward play, 'This Happy Breed,' and it was magical to hear them sing music-hall songs.

Jools Holland

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It seems to me that good novels celebrate the mystery in ordinary life, and summing it all up in psychological terms strips the mystery away.

Anne Tyler

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A lot of genetic testing hasn't been integrated into healthcare because it has been expensive. I want to make people realise that they have the ability to be in charge of their own health.

Anne Wojcicki

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I'm not usually the guy who believes in aliens, UFOs or superstitions.

Alistair Overeem

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There is no greater threat to America than Islam.

William G. Boykin

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We have been through a period where we see power leaching away from Washington. Who is more important in the world today: Bill Clinton or Bill Gates? I don't know.

Peter Jennings

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