Quotes from Jean-Baptiste de La Salle

Hold prayer in high esteem. It is the foundation of all the virtues, and the source of all grace needed to sanctify ourselves and to discharge the duties of our employment.

Teachers who are not actively involved in the learning process themselves, force their students to drink from stagnant water

Learning without piety produces a proud device; piety without learning produces a useless one.

In taking soup, it is necessary to avoid lifting too much in the spoon, or filling the mouth so full as almost to stop the breath.