Saint Francis de Sales Quotes About Temptation

Quotes about: Temptation

• One great remedy against all manner of temptation, great or small, is to open the heart and lay bare its suggestion, likings, and dislikings before some spiritual adviser; for, . . . the first condition which the Evil One makes with a soul, when he wants to entrap it, is silence.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Spiritual, Heart, Evil

• Lately I was near the beehives and some of the bees flew onto my face. I wanted to raise my hand, and brush them off. 'No,' said a peasant to me, 'do not be afraid, and do not touch them. They will not sting you at all, if you touch them they will bite you.' I trusted him; not one bit me. Trust me; do not fear these temptations. Do not touch them; they will not hurt you.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Hurt, Hands, Temptation

  Saint Francis (de Sales) (1995). “Thy Will be Done: Letters to Persons in the World”, p.216, Sophia Institute Press

• Is it not a great temptation to be so valiant in imagination and so cowardly in execution?

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Imagination, Temptation, Execution

• For every great temptation there will be many small ones. Wolves and bears are more dangerous than flies, but we are bothered most by flies.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Temptation, Bears, Dangerous

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