St. Francis de Sales

Great opportunities to serve God rarely present themselves, but minor ones are very often put before us. — St. Francis de Sales

If God has stripped you of the sense of his presence, it is in order that even his presence may no longer occupy your heart, but himself. — St. Francis de Sales

Do not desire not to be what you are, but desire to be very well what you are. — St. Francis de Sales

Love is the abridgement of all theology. — St. Francis de Sales

Those who stay not in littleness will lose their greatness. — St. Francis de Sales

Certainly nothing can so effectively humble us before God’s mercy as the multitude of his benefits, and nothing can so deeply humble us before his justice as the great number of our sins. — St. Francis de Sales

Love is the movement, effusion, and advancement of the heart toward the good. — St. Francis de Sales

We have not to carry the crosses of others, but our own. — St. Francis de Sales

Do not pay any attention to the kind of work you do, but rather to the honor that it brings to God, even though it may seem quite trivial. — St. Francis de Sales

Perfection does not consist in not seeing the world, but in not having a taste or relish for it. — St. Francis de Sales