Accept trials provided…
Many people would be ready to accept trials provided they were not inconvenienced by them.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622
Complain little because…
Complain as little as possible of your wrongs, for, as a general rule you may be sure that complaining is sin: self-love always magnifies our injuries.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Complain as little as…
Complain as little as possible about the wrongs you suffer. Undoubtedly a person who complains commits a sin by doing so, since self-love always feels that injuries are worse than they really are.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
No need to worry…
There is no need to worry overmuch when or where we shall die; in what town or in what country we shall die; whether alone or with others we shall die. What doe sit matter? Leave it to God, for He will never fail us whether in life or in death.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
By living generously…
We lose nothing by living generously, nobly, courteously and with a royal, just and reasonable heart. Resolve to examine your heart often to see if it such toward your neighbor as you would like your neighbor’s to be toward you were you in your neighbor’s place.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
God’s providence…
All we have to do is to leave ourselves to God’s providence, asking nothing and refusing nothing: that is the essence of human perfection. Don’t ask God for death; don’t refuse death when God sends it. Happy those who practice this indifference, who prepare for a happy death – whenever God should decree it – by living a good life!
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
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