And when children begin to use their reason, fathers and mothers should take great pains to fill their hearts with the fear… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
When you have received Him, stir up your heart to do Him homage; speak to Him about your spiritual life, gazing upon… — 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
It is right that you should begin again every day. There is no better way to complete the spiritual life than to… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Do not scrutinize so closely whether you are doing much or little, ill or well, so long as what you do is… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
When the bee has gathered the dew of heaven and the earth's sweetest nectar from the flowers, it turns it into honey,… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
The bee collects honey from flowers in such a way as to do the least damage or destruction to them, and he… — 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
