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PRESUMPTION

 

Since you have not yet your own wings for flight, do not flutter and do not make eager attempts to fly. (Letters to Persons in the World, VI, 2)

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We usually know what we ought to do, but we rarely know what we should do; it is always a sign of presumption to imagine ourselves able to handle hot coals without burning ourselves. (The Spirit of St. François de Sales, XVI, 6)

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Our Lord does not wish us to carry His cross except by one end. (Spiritual Conferences, 7)

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The providence of God is wiser than we. (Letters to Persons in the World, VI, 25)

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Even though you may at the present moment feel strength sufficient to endure mortifications  and humiliations,  how do you know that you will always have it? (Spiritual Conferences, 21)

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Do not desire crosses, save in proportion to the measure wherewith you have borne those that have been already sent you. (Introduction to the Devout Life, Part III, Chapter 37)

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I should not have the courage to ask our Saviour by the pains which He had in His head that I should have none in mine — I would rather use the crowning of our Lord to obtain a crown of patience around my aching head! (Letters to Persons in Religion, IV, 26)

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We must not summon sufferings into our hearts as our Lord did, for we cannot govern them as He did. (Letters to Persons in Religion, IV, 11)

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Huntsmen push into brambles, and often return more injured than the animal they intend to injure. (Letters to Persons in the World, IV, 3)

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Just walk on uninterruptedly and very quietly; if God makes you run, He will enlarge your heart. (Letters to Persons in Religion, V, 13)

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It is a great folly to wish to be wise with an impossible wisdom. (Treatise on the Love of God, Book 1, Chapter 3)

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You can only give God what you have. (Letters to Persons in the World, II, 18)

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