Quotes & Themes – Fear

Fear

We must fear God through love, not love Him through fear. (The Spirit of St. François de Sales, I, 16)

We are not drawn to God by iron chains, but by sweet attractions and holy Inspirations. (Treatise on the Love of God, Book 2, Chapter 12)

Love virtue rather than fear sin. (The Spirit of St. François de Sales, XIX, 1)

Fear is a greater evil than the evil itself. (Letters to Persons in the World, VI, 12)

We must not fear fear. (Letters to Persons in the World, IV, 13)

Have no fear: He who has given you the will, He will give you the accomplish­ing. (Letters to Persons in Religion, IV, 21)

There is a great difference between the buzzing of a bee and its sting. (The Spirit of St. François de Sales, VIII, 8)

Let the waves growl and roar all round about your back, but fear not, for God is there. (Letters to Persons in Religion, I, 10)

Our enemy is a great clatterer, do not trouble yourself at all about him; he cannot hurt you. (Letters to Persons in the World, III, 7)

Why do you put yourself in trouble? God is good; He sees very well what you are. (Letters to Persons in Religion, III, 16)

Let the wind blow, and think not that the rustling of the leaves is the clash of arms. (Letters to Persons in the World, VI, 6)

It is not good to walk on tiptoe, either in mind or in body, for if we stumble, the tall is all the worse. (Letters to Persons in the World, I, 3)

Those who love to be feared, fear to be loved. (The Spirit of St. François de Sales, VII, 3)

Let the world turn upside down, let everything be in darkness, in smoke, in uproar—God is with us. (Letters to Persons in the World, VI, 12)

The good angels are around you like a company of sentinels on guard. (Letters to Persons in Religion, IV, 14)

It will be quite enough to receive the evils which come upon us from time to time, without anticipating them by the imagination. (Letters to Persons in Religion, IV, 14)

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