Charity Quotes by Saint Francis de Sales

9 Charity quotes by Saint Francis de Sales

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Saint Francis de Sales' nine reflections on charity feel like a brief, spiritual meditation. The concise set delivers his gentle, compassionate tone in a quick read.

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A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.

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Cook the truth in charity until it tastes sweet.

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Charity and devotion differ no more, the one from the other, than the flame from the fire.

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To love our neighbor in charity is to love God in man.

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When charity requires it we must freely and mildly communicate to our neighbor not only what is his instruction, but also what…

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In so far as divine love beautifies our souls. And makes us pleasing to His divine Majesty, it is called grace; in…

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True virtue has no limits, but goes on and on, and especially holy charity, which is the virtue of virtues, and which…

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The declared enemies of God and His Church, heretics and schismatics, must be criticized as much as possible, as long as truth…

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All true and living devotion presupposes the love of God and indeed it is neither more nor less than a very real…

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It matters little how one begins, provided that he be resolved to go on well, and to end well.

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Go to your confessor; open your heart to him; display to him all the recesses of your soul; take the advice that he will…

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It is better to remain silent than to speak the truth ill-humoredly, and spoil an excellent dish by covering it with bad sauce.

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Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.

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And when children begin to use their reason, fathers and mothers should take great pains to fill their hearts with the fear of God.…

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Pride dies 20 minutes after death.

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To be pleased at correction and reproofs shows that one loves the virtues which are contrary to those faults for which he is corrected…

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If you would fall into any extreme, let it be on the side of gentleness. The human mind is so constructed that it resists…

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One single act done with aridity of spirit is worth more than many done with feelings of devotion.

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All of us can attain to Christian virtue and holiness, no matter in what condition of life we live and no matter what our…

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We must visit Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament a hundred thousand times a day.

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