It is more profitable to leave everyone to his way of thinking than to give way to contentious discourses.

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I did not rest satisfied with praying for this Sister, who gave me such occasions for self-mastery, I tried to render her as many services as I could, and when tempted to answer her sharply, I made haste to smile and change the subject, for the Imitation says: "It is more profitable to leave everyone to his way of thinking than to give way to contentious discourses."

Source Story of a Soul, Chapter Ix, §24 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, who is speaking here of a sister in her convent with whom she found it hard to get along, charity shows itself in deeds: praying for the person, doing them services, and answering with a smile rather than a sharp word. Today, faced with someone who annoys you, do them a small service and, at the moment you would like to retort, smile and let the argument drop.

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