The thoughts of those moved by natural human love are almost completely fastened on the beloved, their hearts are filled with passion… — 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… — 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… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
All true and living devotion presupposes the love of God and indeed it is neither more nor less than a very real… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
There are many who want me to tell them of secret ways of becoming perfect and I can only tell them that… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience. — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
It is to those who have the most need of us that we ought to show our love more especially. — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
A heart-memory is better than a mere head-memory. Better to carry away a little of the love of Christ in our souls,… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
To live according to the spirit is to love according to the spirit. — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; and just so, you… — Saint Francis De Sales Copy Share Image
It is not those who commit the least faults who are the most holy, but those who have the greatest courage, the… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
In so far as divine love beautifies our souls. And makes us pleasing to His divine Majesty, it is called grace; in… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
There are no galley-slaves in the royal vessel of divine love - every man works his oar voluntarily! — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Many great persons have been of opinion that love is no other thing than complacency itself, in which they have had much… — 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
Through devotion, your family cares become more peaceful, mutual love between husband and wife becomes more sincere, the service we owe to… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
We can never attain to perfection while we have an affection for any imperfection. — 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
