Quotes by : Francis de Sales

Certainly all virtues are very dear to God, but humility pleases Him above all the others, and it seems....

A man who can own pearls does not bother about shells, and those who aspire to virtue do not trouble....

For acting thus you will remain innocent among the hissings of the serpents, and like a sweet strawberry....

God's favor floats as it were over all this and finds joy in turning all those miseries to the greater....

Fits of anger, vexation,and bitterness against ourselves tend to pride and they spring from no other....

Take patiently the petty annoyances, the trifling discomforts, the unimportant losses which come upon....

Truly it is a blessed thing to love on earth as we hope to love in Heaven, and to begin that friendship....

Never be hurried in anything. Do all things calmly and in a spirit of repose. Do not lose your inward....

Be patient and one day you will be in Heaven, where there will be only peace and joy ... You will possess....

Our possessions are not ours- God has given them to us to cultivate, that we may make them fruitful and....