Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Jean-Baptiste de La Salle

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Last updated on October 4, 2024.

Jean-Baptiste de La Salle was a French priest, educational reformer, and founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. He is a saint of the Catholic Church and the patron saint for teachers of youth. He is referred to both as La Salle and as De La Salle.

French - Saint | April 30, 1651 - April 7, 1719

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The birch is used only out of bad temper and weakness, for the birch is a servile punishment which degrades the soul even when it corrects, if indeed it corrects, for its usual effect is to harden.

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.

Jean-Baptiste de La Salle

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

Jean-Baptiste de La Salle

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

Jean-Baptiste de La Salle

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.

Jean-Baptiste de La Salle

Children are guilty of unpardonable rudeness when they spit in the face of a companion; neither are they excusable who spit from windows or on walls or furniture.

Jean-Baptiste de La Salle

Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Jean-Baptiste de La Salle

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