WISE SAYINGS OF ST. FRANCIS DE SALES 5
The best and most desirable shrewdness is simplicity itself. #wisdomfrancisdesales We must be careful to practice virtues not only faithfully but prudently. This purpose we must strictly follow the advice of wise men, not to rely or on our own prudence but on the judgment of those whom God has given us for direction. #wisdomfrancisdesales Let us learn once and for all how to love one another as we will in Heaven. #wisdomfrancisdesales Praise is a slow poison. How many times has it destroyed virtue. #wisdomfrancisdesales Self-love dies only when our body dies, so we must, while we live in this land of exile, continue to counterattack its assaults on our senses and its underhanded tactics. #wisdomfrancisdesales When we feel within ourselves the first movement of self-love or of other passions, let us prostrate ourselves immediately before the heart of God and tell Him, in a spirit of confidence and humility, “Lord, have mercy on me be