Francis de Sales Quotes

Meditation is a surrender, it is not a demand. It is not forcing existence your way, it is relaxing into the way existence wants you to be. It is a let-go.

"What is the secret of your serenity?" Said the master: "Wholehearted cooperation with the inevitable."

Every day I pray. I yield myself to God and the tensions and anxieties go out of me and peace and power come in.

Prayer is the only means of bringing about orderliness and peace and repose in our daily acts.

Without desire there is stillness, and the world settles by itself.

When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace.

All God wants of man is a peaceful heart.

The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore.

A great sense of peace entered my body, and seemingly into every cell.

Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing frighten you. Everything passes away except God. God alone is sufficient.

Action and contemplation are very close companions; they live together in one house on equal terms. Martha and Mary are sisters.

The more you pray, the less you'll panic. The more you worship, the less you worry. You'll feel more patient and less pressured.

Either worrying drives out prayer, or prayer drives out worrying.

When you live in complete acceptance of what is, that is the end of all drama in your life.

If you can't meditate in a boiler room, you can't meditate.

How do you spell peace? P-R-A-Y-E-R! Anything you believe you need is available to you through prayer. We are not talking here about a magic formula of proper and distinct words. Oh no! We are talking about opening your heart and your mouth, saying what's on your mind, knowing that once you do, the answer will be revealed.

Don't seek, don't search, don't ask, don't knock, don't demand - relax.

If after all your efforts you cannot succeed, you could not please our Lord more than by sacrificing to Him your will, and remaining in tranquility, humility, and devotion, entirely conformed and submissive to His divine will and good pleasure.

Let me not fuss and fret at my incompetence but be still and know that Thou art God.

All you gotta do is chill out... Let go of control and chill out... Let it be, Trust.

God doesn't ask that we succeed in everything, but that we are faithful. However beautiful our work may be, let us not become attached to it. Always remain prepared to give it up, without losing your peace.

Stillness is the altar of spirit.

Let your mind and soul be at ease. Don't grasp and grab for the magic and miracles. When you reside in that place of stillness, the joy, miracles, and magic you're seeking will find you.

Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.

The Lord stands above the new day, for God has made it. All restlessness, all worry, and anxiety flee before him.