Frases de Francisco de Sales
Francisco de Sales
Data de nascimento: 16. Agosto 1567
Data de falecimento: 28. Dezembro 1622
Outros nomes:Svatý František Saleský,Sv. František Saleský
Francisco de Sales, C.O., T.O.M., O.F.M.Cap. foi um bispo de Genebra do século XVII honrado como santo e Doutor da Igreja pelos católicos. Ficou famoso por sua profunda fé e por sua abordagem gentil aos conflitos religiosos que inflamaram sua diocese durante a Reforma Protestante. Escreveu também muitas obras sobre direção e formação espiritual, particularmente a "Introdução à Vida Devota" e ao "Tratado do Amor de Deus".
Citações Francisco de Sales
„Have patience with every one, but especially with yourself.“
— Francis de Sales
Quoted by Bishop Jean-Pierre Camus in The Spirit of Saint Francis de Sales, section "Upon Discouragement"
„Translation: Because friendship is intercommunication of love, therefore where love is not mutual, there can be no friendship. [http://books. google. com/books? id=d8kCAAAAQAAJ&q=%22Because+friendship+is+intercommunication+of+love+therefore+where+love+is+not+mutual+there+can+be+no+friendship%22&pg=PA145#v=onepage]“
— Francis de Sales
Pt. 3, ch. 17
„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 God and man by loving. All those who think to learn in any other way deceive themselves.“
— Francis de Sales
Quoted by Bishop Jean-Pierre Camus in The Spirit of Saint Francis de Sales, ch. 1, Pg. 3 (1880)
„There are no galley-slaves in the royal vessel of divine love—every man works his oar voluntarily!“
— Francis de Sales
Quoted by Bishop Jean-Pierre Camus in The Spirit of Saint Francis de Sales, ch. 7, sct. 3 (1952)
„The damned are in the abyss of Hell, as within a woeful city, where they suffer unspeakable torments, in all their senses and members, because as they have employed all their senses and their members in sinning, so shall they suffer in each of them the punishment due to sin.“
— Francis de Sales
Pt. 2, ch. 15
„A heart-memory is better than a mere head-memory. Better to carry away a little of the love of Christ in our souls, than if we were able to repeat every word of every sermon we ever heard.“
— Francis de Sales
Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 373.
„It is the mark of a mean, vulgar and ignoble spirit to dwell on the thought of food before meal times or worse to dwell on it afterwards, to discuss it and wallow in the remembered pleasures of every mouthful. Those whose minds dwell before dinner on the spit, and after on the dishes, are fit only to be scullions.“
— Francis de Sales
Pt. 3, ch. 39
„Quoted by Bishop Jean-Pierre Camus in L'esprit de Saint François de Sales, [http://books. google. com/books? id=XdDvTZWjR_sC&q=%22Ceux-l%C3%A0%22+%22qui+aiment+%C3%A0+se+faire+craindre+craignent+de+se+faire+aimer+et+eux-m%C3%AAmes+craignent+plus+que+tous+les+autres+car+les+autres+ne+craignent+qu'eux+mais+eux+craignent+tous+les+autres%22&pg=PA194#v=onepage Part 3, ch. 5] (1650)“
— Francis de Sales
Translation: Those who love to be feared fear to be loved, and they themselves are more afraid than anyone, for whereas other men fear only them, they fear everyone.
The Spirit of Saint Francis de Sales, ch. 7, sct. 3 (1952)
