Represent to yourself a dark city all burning and stinking with fire and brimstone. The damned are in the depth of hell within this woful city, where they suffer unspeakable torments in all their senses and members. Consider above all the eternity of their pains, which above all things makes hell intolerable.
Saint Francis de SalesIn no other action can our Savior be considered more tender or more loving than in this, in which He, as it were, annihilates Himself and reduces Himself to food, that He may penetrate our souls and unite Himself to the hearts of His faithful.
Saint Francis de SalesIt is wonderful how attractive a gentle, pleasant manner is, and how much it wins hearts.
Saint Francis de SalesThere are no galley-slaves in the royal vessel of divine love - every man works his oar voluntarily!
Saint Francis de Sales