Those who love to be feared fear to be loved, and they themselves are more afraid than anyone, for whereas other men… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity. — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion. — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Though perseverance does not come from our power, yet it comes from within our power. — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
What son would not bring his mother back to life and would not bring her into paradise after her death if he… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Doing little things with a strong desire to please God makes them really great. — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Faith fills a man with love for the beauty of its truth, with faith in the truth of its beauty — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
By giving yourself to God, You not only receive Himself in exchange, but eternal life as well. — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Humility makes our lives acceptable to God, meekness makes us acceptable to men. — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Consider all the past as nothing, and say, like David: Now I begin to love my God. — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept. — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
The thoughts of those moved by natural human love are almost completely fastened on the beloved, their hearts are filled with passion for it,… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
It matters little how one begins, provided that he be resolved to go on well, and to end well. — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Those who love to be feared fear to be loved, and they themselves are more afraid than anyone, for whereas other men fear only… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Go to your confessor; open your heart to him; display to him all the recesses of your soul; take the advice that he will… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
It is better to remain silent than to speak the truth ill-humoredly, and spoil an excellent dish by covering it with bad sauce. — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off. — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
And when children begin to use their reason, fathers and mothers should take great pains to fill their hearts with the fear of God.… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
To be pleased at correction and reproofs shows that one loves the virtues which are contrary to those faults for which he is corrected… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
If you would fall into any extreme, let it be on the side of gentleness. The human mind is so constructed that it resists… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
