Degrees Quote by Saint Francis de Sales

Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.

— Saint Francis de Sales

Friendship requires great communication.

— Saint Francis de Sales

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

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

— Saint Francis de Sales

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

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

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

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

— Saint Francis de Sales

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

Pride dies 20 minutes after death.

— Saint Francis de Sales

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

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