Saint Francis de Sales
Saint Francis de Sales
Francis de Sales, CO OM OFM Cap.was a Bishop of Geneva and is honored as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. He became noted for his deep faith and his gentle approach to the religious divisions in his land resulting from the Protestant Reformation. He is known also for his writings on the topic of spiritual direction and spiritual formation, particularly the Introduction to the Devout Life and the Treatise on the Love of God...
NationalitySwiss
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth21 August 1567
CountrySwitzerland
Saint Francis de Sales quotes about
Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
Big fires flare up in a wind, but little ones are blown out unless they are carried in under cover.
When you have received Him, stir up your heart to do Him homage; speak to Him about your spiritual life, gazing upon Him in your soul where He is present for your happiness; welcome Him as warmly as possible, and behave outwardly in such a way that your actions may give proof to all of His Presence.
Without a doubt, one of the things which keeps us from attaining perfection is our tongue. When one has reached the point of no longer committing faults in speech, he has surely reached perfection, as was said by the Holy Spirit. The worst defect in talking is talking too much. Hence, in speech be brief and virtuous, brief and gentle, brief and simple, brief and charitable, brief and amiable.
He who can preserve gentleness amid pains, and peace amid worry multitude of affairs, is almost perfect.
It matters little how one begins, provided that he be resolved to go on well, and to end well.
One rarely does well what one rarely does.
A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.
He prays well who is so absorbed with God that he does not know he is praying.
Provided that God be glorified, we must not care by whom.
Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.
The highest degree of meekness consists in seeing, serving, honoring, and treating amiably, on occasion, those who are not to our taste, and who show themselves unfriendly, ungrateful, and troublesome to us.
Work hard every day at increasing your purity of heart, which consists in appraising things and weighing them in the balance of God's will.