František Saleský citáty
František Saleský
Datum narození: 16. srpen 1567
Datum úmrtí: 28. prosinec 1622
Další jména:Svatý František Saleský,Sv. František Saleský
Svatý František Saleský byl katolický teolog, spisovatel, mystik, biskup ženevský a Učitel církve. Jeho spisy o duchovním životě patří ke klasice francouzské mystiky i literatury 17. století a měly velký vliv na katolickou spiritualitu nové doby. Jeho svátek se slaví 24. ledna.
Citáty František Saleský
„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)
„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
„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
„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)
„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)
