All the science of the Saints is included in these two things: To do, and to suffer. And whoever had done these… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
God will either shield you from suffering or give you unfailing strength to bear it. — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
The Prayer of the sick person is his patience and his acceptance of his sickness for the love of Jesus Christ. Make… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Represent to yourself a dark city all burning and stinking with fire and brimstone. The damned are in the depth of hell… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
The damned are in the abyss of Hell, as within a woeful city, where they suffer unspeakable torments, in all their senses… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
I see crosses at every turn. My flesh shudders over it, but my heart adores them. Yes, I hail you, crosses little… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Do not fret under such assistance as is needful; therein lies one great grace of poverty. It were overambitious to aim at… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Consider the pains which martyrs have endured, and think how even now many people are bearing afflictions beyond all measure greater than… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Do not look forward to the changes and chances of this life in fear; rather look to them with full hope that,… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Do not be ashamed of being poor, or of asking alms. Receive what is given you with humility, and accept a refusal… — 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
