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All wars are civil wars because all men are brothers... Each one owes infinitely more to the human race than to the particular country in which he was born.

Francois Fenelon

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Francois Fenelon
Age: 63 †
Born: 1651
Born: August 6
Died: 1715
Died: January 7
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All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.
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How different the peace of God from that of the world! It calms the passions, preserves the purity of the conscience, is inseparable from righteousness, unites us to God and strengthens us against temptations. The peace of the soul consists in an absolute resignation to the will of God.
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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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Faith is letting down our nets into the transparent deeps at the Divine command, not knowing what we shall draw.
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Time spent in prayer is never wasted.
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Frequently a big advantage can be gained by knowing how to give in at the right moment.
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Pure love is in the will alone it is no sentimental love, for the imagination has no part in it it loves, if we may so express it, without feeling, as faith believes without seeing.
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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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Peace does not dwell in outward things, but within the soul.
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How can you expect God to speak in that gentle and inward voice which melts the soul, when you are making so much noise with your rapid reflections? Be silent and God will speak again.
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We may be sure that it is the love of God only that can make us come out of self. If His powerful hand did not sustain us, we should not know how to take the first step in that direction.
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I am not in the least surprised that your impression of death becomes more lively, in proportion as age and infirmity bring it nearer. God makes use of this rough trial to undeceive us in respect to our courage, to make us feel our weakness, and to keep us in all humility in His hands.
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True piety hath in it nothing weak, nothing sad, nothing constrained. It enlarges the heart it is simple, free, and attractive.
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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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Even if no command to pray had existed, our very weakness would have suggested it.
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O Lord, I do most cheerfully commit all unto Thee.
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As to our friend , I pray God to bestow upon him a simplicity that shall give him peace . Happy are they indeed who can bear their sufferings in the enjoyment of this simple peace and perfect acquiesence in the will of God.
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In the light of eternity we shall see that what we desired would have been fatal to us, and that what we would have avoided was essential to our well-being.
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Trouble and perplexity drive me to prayer, and prayer drives away perplexity and trouble.
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The smallest things become great when God requires them of us they are small only in themselves they are always great when they are done for God.
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