Be extremely prompt in turning away from all that leads and lures to impurity, for this evil… by small beginnings, progresses to great mischief. It is always easier to avoid than to cure this.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
I advise you to remain simply either in God or close to God, without trying to do anything there, and without asking anything of Him, unless He urges it.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Those who are simply upright men and women walk in the way of the Lord, but the devout run along it; and when they are very devout, they fly.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Peace is born of humility…If we knew ourselves well, rather than being flabbergasted to find ourselves on the ground, we would wonder how we manage to remain standing.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Friends love each other despite their faults and flaws. Just as a gold miner separates the precious metal from the earth or sand, so friends must sort for the best in each other and treasure it.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
It is necessary before all things to obtain tranquility, not because it is the mother of contentment, but because it is the daughter of the love of God and of the resignation of our own will.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
