Francis de Sales (1567-1622), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Spiritual (life)
Moreover, just as every sort of gem, cast in honey, becomes brighter and more sparkling, each according to its color, so each person becomes more acceptable and fitting in his own vocation when he sets his vocation in the context of devotion. Through devotion your family cares become more peaceful, mutual love between husband and wife becomes more sincere, the service we owe to the prince becomes more faithful, and our work, no matter what it is, becomes more pleasant and agreeable.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Francis de Sales (1567-1622), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Spiritual (life)
Anxiety proceeds from an inordinate desire to be freed from present evil or to acquire a hoped for good. Yet there is nothing that tends more to increase evil and prevent enjoyment of good that to be disturbed and anxious. Birds stay caught in nets and traps because when they find themselves ensnared they flutter about wildly trying to escape and in so doing entangle themselves all the more.Whenever you urgently desire to escape from a certain evil or obtain a certain good you must be especially careful both to put your mind at rest and in peace and to have a calm judgment and will. Then try gently and meekly to accomplish your desire,taking in regular order the most convenient means.
–Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Francis de Sales (1567-1622), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life)
What a happiness it is to be with God, no one knowing what passes between God and the heart but God Himself and the adoring heart.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Detachment, Francis de Sales (1567-1622), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic
Little by little, let us leave behind us affections for the low things of earth and aspire to the happiness that has been prepared for us.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Francis de Sales (1567-1622), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life)
It is a good prayer, and a good method of keeping one’s self in the presence of God, to wait upon his will and good pleasure.
–Saint Francis de Sales, (1567-1622)
Acceptance, Francis de Sales (1567-1622), Humility, Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic
Do not be anxious about what may happen tomorrow. The same Eternal Father who takes care of you today will take care of you tomorrow, and every day of your life. He will either shield you from suffering, or give you unfailing strength to bear it. Be at peace then, and put aside all useless thoughts, all vain dreads and all anxious imaginations.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
