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“Doing little things with a strong desire to please God makes them really great.”
Source: The Saint Francis de Sales Collection [16 Books]
“Humility makes our lives acceptable to God, meekness makes us acceptable to men.”
Source: Introduction to the Devout Life
“A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.”
Source: The Saint Francis de Sales Collection [16 Books]
“Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.”
Source: The Saint Francis de Sales Collection [16 Books]
“It is to those who have the most need of us that we ought to show our love more especially.”
Source: The Spiritual Conferences
Source: Letters to Persons in the World
Source: The Spiritual Maxims of Saint Francis de Sales
“What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience.”
“We must visit Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament a hundred thousand times a day.”
“Many would be willing to have afflictions provided that they not be inconvenienced by them.”
Source: The Saint Francis de Sales Collection [16 Books]
“God will either shield you from suffering or give you unfailing strength to bear it.”
“There is no artifice as good and desirable as simplicity.”
Source: The Spiritual Maxims of Saint Francis de Sales
“Is it not a great temptation to be so valiant in imagination and so cowardly in execution?”
“Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.”
Source: Francis de Sales, Jane de Chantal: letters of spiritual direction
Source: The Saint Francis de Sales Collection [16 Books]
“One single act done with aridity of spirit is worth more than many done with feelings of devotion.”
“Mount Calvary is the academy of love.”
Source: Treatise on the Love of God
“We can never attain to perfection while we have an affection for any imperfection.”
Source: The Spiritual Maxims of Saint Francis de Sales
“Souls do not wish to be bullied, but gently brought back; such is the nature of man.”