Quotes from Francis de Sales
You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; and just so, you learn to love by loving. All those who think to learn in any other way deceive themselves.
— Francis de Sales
Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
— Francis de Sales
We have freedom to do good or evil; yet to make choice of evil, is not to use, but to abuse our freedom.
— Francis de Sales
The King of Glory does not reward His servants according to the dignity of their office, but according to the humility and love with which they have exercised it.
— Francis de Sales
A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick.
— Francis de Sales
Do not wish to be anything except what you are.
— Francis de Sales
Make friends with the angels, who though invisible are always with you¦. Often invoke them, constantly praise them, and make good use of their help and assistance in all your temporal and spiritual affairs.
— Francis de Sales
If you have firm trust in God, the success that comes to you will always be that which is most useful for you whether it appears good or bad in your private judgment.
— 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 them, they fear everyone.
— Francis de Sales
Retire at various times into the solitude of your own heart, even while outwardly engaged in discussions or transactions with others, and talk to God.
— Francis de Sales
Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
— Francis de Sales
Fear is a greater evil than evil itself.
— Francis de Sales