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He prays well who is so absorbed with God that he does not know he is praying.

St. François de Sales (1567-1622) French bishop, saint, writer (a.k.a. Francis de Sales)
(Attributed)

Nothing is so strong as gentleness; nothing so gentle as real strength.

St. François de Sales (1567-1622) French bishop, saint, writer (a.k.a. Francis de Sales)
(Attributed)

Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.

St. François de Sales (1567-1622) French bishop, saint, writer (a.k.a. Francis de Sales)
(Attributed)

Those who love to be feared fear to be loved.

St. François de Sales (1567-1622) French bishop, saint, writer (a.k.a. Francis de Sales)
(Attributed)
In Jean-Pierre Camus, The Spirit of Saint Francis de Sales, 7.3 (1952)

The world often looks with contempt upon piety because it pictures the pious as men of downcast and sorrowful faces, but Christ himself testifies that the inner life is a soft, sweet, and happy one.

St. François de Sales (1567-1622) French bishop, saint, writer (a.k.a. Francis de Sales)
Introduction to a Devout Life (1618)

A brave man can easily bear with contempt, slander, and false accusations from an evil world; but to bear such injustice at the hands of good men, of friends and relations, is a great test of patience.

St. François de Sales (1567-1622) French bishop, saint, writer (a.k.a. Francis de Sales)
Introduction to a Devout Life, Part III, no. 3, “On Patience” (1618)

Fear is a greater evil than the evil itself.

St. François de Sales (1567-1622) French bishop, saint, writer (a.k.a. Francis de Sales)
Letters to Persons in the World, 6,12