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The history of the world suggests that without love of God there is little likelihood of a love for man that does not become corrupt.
Francois Fenelon
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Francois Fenelon
Age: 63 †
Born: 1651
Born: August 6
Died: 1715
Died: January 7
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If we had strength and faith enough to trust ourselves entirely to God and follow Him simply wherever He should lead us, we should have no need of any great effort of mind to reach perfection.
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To will everything that God wills, and to will it always, in all circumstances and without reservations: that is the kingdom of God which is entirely within.
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Most people I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing in return and I do very well in the bargain.
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No human power can force the intrenchments of the human mind: compulsion never persuades it only makes hypocrites.
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The passion of acquiring riches in order to support a vain expense corrupts the purest souls.
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Genuine good taste consists in saying much in few words, in choosing among our thoughts, in having order and arrangement in what we say, and in speaking with composure.
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Real friends are our greatest joy and our greatest sorrow. It were almost to be wished that all true and faithful friends should expire on the same day.
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The gifts of God are not to be rejected on account of the channel that brings them.
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So long as we are full of self we are shocked at the faults of others. Let us think often of our own sin, and we shall be lenient to the sins of others.
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Listen less to your own thoughts and more to God's thoughts.
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We can often do more for other men by trying to correct our own faults than by trying to correct theirs.
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Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.
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The greatest defect of common education is, that we are in the habit of putting pleasure all on one side, and weariness on the other all weariness in study, all pleasure in idleness.
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Let us endeavor to commence every enterprise with a pure view to the glory of God, continue it without distraction, and finish it without impatience.
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That love of self, which the world advocates, is a thousand times more dangerous than any poison.
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God never ceases to speak to us, but the noise of the world without and the tumult of our passions within bewilder us and prevent us from listening to him
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The realization of God's presence is the one sovereign remedy against temptation.
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I would have every minister of the gospel address his audience with the zeal of a friend, with the generous energy of a father, and with the exuberant affection of a mother.
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Time spent in prayer is never wasted.
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Nothing is more despicable than a professional talker who uses his words as a quack uses his remedies
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