Francis de Sales Quotes
Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
de Sales, Francis. Letters of St. Francis de Sales. Translated by Henry Benedict Mackey, Burns & Oates, 1894, p. 115.
President Kennedy was known for his personal activity at all levels of the State Department. Particularly exasperated at one point, he asked the assistant secretary what was wrong with the department.
Francis de Sales was a Bishop of Geneva and is honored as a saint in the Catholic Church. He became noted for his deep faith and his gentle approach to the religious divisions in his land resulting from the Protestant Reformation. He is known also for his writings on the topic of spiritual direction and spiritual formation, particularly the Introduction to the Devout Life and the Treatise on the Love of God.
