In order to find Him you should forget all your possessions and all creatures and hide in the interior, secret chamber of your spirit. And there, closing the door behind you, you should pray to your Father in secret. Remaining hidden with Him, you will experience Him in hiding, and love and enjoy Him in hiding.
— Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
Everyone knows this truth but not everyone manages to bring it home to themselves.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
This life is only a journey to the happy life to come. We must march on as a band of brothers and sisters, companions united in meekness, peace and love.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Redemption is a hundred times better than innocence.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
He who lives but for God seeks only God, and since God is with him in adversity as well as in prosperity, he dwells in peace in the midst of tribulation.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Compassion, sympathy, commiseration or pity is simply an affection that makes us share the sufferings and sorrows of ones we love and draws the misery that they endure into our own hearts.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
