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ETERNAL LIFE

 

Earth is no farther from heaven than the supernatural ways of God from our earthly ways. (The Spirit of St. François de Sales, XXI, 9)

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We are all pilgrims in this mortal life. (Treatise on the Love of God, Book 4, Chapter 5)

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The world is only peopled to people heaven. (Letters to Persons in the World, II 33)

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We should really live in this world as though our spirit were already in heaven. (The Spirit of St. François de Sales, IV, 6)

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Little does passing time matter to a soul which aspires to eternity, and which only likes notice of perishing moments in order to pass by them into immortal life. (Letters to Persons in Religion, IV, 8)

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Our hearts have a thirst which cannot be quenched by the pleasures of this mortal life. (Treatise on the Love of God, Book 3, Chapter 10)

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This life is short and it is only given us to gain the other. (Letters to Persons in the World, I. 1)

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The shortest life is the best life if it leads us to the eternal. (Letters to Persons in the World, II, 33)

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Two or three years soon pass and eter­nity remains. (Letters to Persons in Religion, II, 15)

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Whoever thinks well on eternity trou­bles himself little about what happens in these three or four moments of mortal life. (Letters to Persons in the World, VI, 54)

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We in this life are walking as it were on ice. (Spiritual Conference, 3)

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What is not for eternity, can be noth­ing but vanity. (Letters to Persons in the World, VI, 43)

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The day that is past must not judge the day present, nor the present day judge that which is past; it is only the Last Day that judges all. (Introduction to the Devout Life, Part III, Chapter 29)

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God's love will be our guerdon in this life, and He Himself will be our reward in eternity. (Spiritual Conference, 14)

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