Showing posts with label St. Francis de Sales. Show all posts
Showing posts with label St. Francis de Sales. Show all posts

Sunday, September 22, 2019

Perceptions of the devout.

It is too true that I who write about the devout life am not myself devout, but most certainly I am not without the wish to become so, and it is this wish which encourages me to teach you. A notable literary man has said that a good way to learn is to study, a better to listen, and the best to teach. And Saint Augustine, writing to the devout Flora, says, that giving is a claim to receive, and teaching a way to learn. 

St. Francis de Sales, the Patron Saint of Writers.