Quotes by Saint Francis de Sales

The following are quotes from Saint Francis de Sales:

Do not wish to be anything but what you are, And try to be that perfectly.

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering you own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew.

If we say a little it is easy to add, but having said too much it is hard to withdraw and never can it be done so quickly as to hinder the harm of our success.

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.

Make yourself familiar with the angels, and behold them frequently in spirit for without being seen, they are present with you.

Nothing is so powerful as gentleness nothing is so gentle as true strength.

There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.

When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.

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.

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