March 17

“He was a sworn foe to all complaining and murmurs. Every complaining spirit, he said, implied some dissatisfaction with God’s decrees, and a good deal of self-love.”

“Goodness, he taught, should always be attractive, ready to adapt itself to the wills and wishes of others; cheerful, bright, well-balanced, free from all singularity and self-consciousness.”

From Life of S. Francis de Sales

“If we could do our work in a brighter, less anxious spirit, it would wear us less. It is worry, not work, that wears.”

GOULBURN