If you have firm trust in God, the success that comes to you will always be that which is most useful for you whether it appears good or bad in your private judgment.

— Francis de Sales

I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I was cold, and you clothed me; come, possess the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.' He who is the King of the poor and of kings will say this at His great judgment.

— Francis de Sales

Let us make our way through these low valleys of the humble and little virtues. We shall see in them the roses amid the thorns, charity that shows its beauty among interior and exterior afflictions, the lilies of purity.

— Francis de Sales

Little deeds that proceed from charity please God and have their place among meritorious acts.

— Francis de Sales

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

— Francis de Sales

Never be hurried in anything. Do all things calmly and in a spirit of repose. Do not lose your inward peace even if everything seems to be going wrong. What is anything in life compared to peace of soul?

— Francis de Sales

One of the best exercises in meekness we can perform is when the subject Is in ourselves. We must not fret over our own imperfections. Although reason requires that we must be displeased and sorry whenever we commit a fault we must refrain from bitter, gloomy, spiteful, and emotional displeasure. Many people are greatly at fault in this way. When overcome by anger they become angry at being angry, disturbed at being disturbed and vexed at being vexed. By such means they keep their hearts drenched and steeped in passion.

— Francis de Sales

Oppose vigorously any tendency to sadness ... You must persevere. By means of sorrow the enemy tries to make us weary of good works, but if he sees that we don't give them up and that being done in spite of his opposition they have become very meritorious, he will stop troubling us.

— Francis de Sales

Ought we not to love dearly the neighbor, who truly represents to us the sacred Person of our Master? And is this not one of the most powerful motives we could have for loving each other with an ardently burning love?

— Francis de Sales

Our possessions are not ours-God has given them to us to cultivate, that we may make them fruitful and profitable in His Service, and so doing we shall please Him.

— Francis de Sales