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Even if no command to pray had existed, our very weakness would have suggested it.
Francois Fenelon
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Francois Fenelon
Age: 63 †
Born: 1651
Born: August 6
Died: 1715
Died: January 7
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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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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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To pray is to desire but it is to desire what God would have us desire.
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Resign every forbidden joy restrain every wish that is not referred to God's will banish all eager desires, all anxiety desire only the will of God seek him alone and supremely, and you will find peace.
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There is but one way in which God should be loved, and that is to take no step except with Him and for Him, and to follow with a generous self-abandonment every thing which He requires.
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The most essential point is lowliness.
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You really don't even own the present moment, for even this belongs to God.
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Do we accustom ourselves to see all things in the light of faith? Do we correct all our judgments by it? Alas! The greater part of Christians think and act like mere heathens if we judge (as we justly may) of their faith by their practice, we must conclude they have no faith at all.
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How desirable is this simplicity! Who will give it to me? I will quit all else it is the pearl of great price.
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There are two principal points of attention necessary for the preservation of this constant spirit of prayer which unites us with God we must continually seek to cherish it, and we must avoid everything that tends to make us lose it.
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We must truly serve those whom we appear to command we must bear with their imperfections, correct them with gentleness and patience, and lead them in the way to heaven.
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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.
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When you come to be sensibly touched, the scales will fall from your eyes and by the penetrating eyes of love you will discern that which your other eyes will never see.
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Should we feel at times disheartened and discouraged, a simple movement of heart toward God will renew our powers. Whatever he may demand of us, he will give us at the moment the strength and courage that we need.
Francois Fenelon
Time spent in prayer is never wasted.
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Pity enlarges the heart.
Francois Fenelon
Despondency is not a state of humility on the contrary, it is the vexation and despair of a cowardly pride--nothing is worse whether we stumble or whether we fall, we must only think of rising again and going on in our course.
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If we were faultless we should not be so much annoyed by the defects of those with whom we associate.
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Speak, move, act in peace, as if you were in prayer. In truth, this is prayer.
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O Lord, I do most cheerfully commit all unto Thee.
Francois Fenelon
