Saint Francis De Sales Quotes
There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.
A dance is the devil's procession, and he that entereth into a dance, entereth into his possession.
Charity and devotion differ no more, the one from the other, than the flame from the fire.
We can never attain to perfection while we have an affection for any imperfection.
When charity requires it we must freely and mildly communicate to our neighbor not only what is his instruction, but also what is profitable for his consolation.
Let us be what God likes, so long as we are His, and let us not be what we want to be, if it is against his intention.
Every moment comes to us pregnant with a command from God, only to pass on and plunge into eternity, there to remain forever what we have made of it.
The spirit cannot endure the body when overfed, but, if underfed, the body cannot endure the spirit.
Faith fills a man with love for the beauty of its truth, with faith in the truth of its beauty
A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick.
I have the same opinion of dances that physicians have of mushrooms: the best of them are good for nothing.
There are no galley-slaves in the royal vessel of divine love - every man works his oar voluntarily!
One of the most evil dispositions possible is that which satirizes and turns everything to ridicule. God abhors this vice, and has sometimes punished it in a marked manner
If we say a little it is easy to add, but having said too much it is hard to withdraw and never can it be done so quickly as to hinder the harm of our success.
I see crosses at every turn. My flesh shudders over it, but my heart adores them. Yes, I hail you, crosses little and great, I hail you, and kiss your feet, unworthy of the honor of your shadow.
Though perseverance does not come from our power, yet it comes within our power.
Is it not a great temptation to be so valiant in imagination and so cowardly in execution?
Do not complain then of your poverty, my daughter, - we only complain of that which is unwelcome, and if poverty is unwelcome to you, you are no longer poor in spirit.
Do not lose your inward peace for anything whatsoever even if your whole world seems upset.
A quarrel between friends when made up adds a new tie to friendship as ... the callosity formed 'round a broken bone makes it stronger than before.
God requires a faithful fulfillment of the merest trifle given us to do rather than the most ardent aspiration to things to which we are not called.
