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Speak, move, act in peace, as if you were in prayer. In truth, this is prayer.
Francois Fenelon
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Francois Fenelon
Age: 63 †
Born: 1651
Born: August 6
Died: 1715
Died: January 7
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God has not chosen to save us without crosses as He has not seen fit to create men at once in the full vigor of manhood, but has suffered them to grow up by degrees amid all the perils and weaknesses of youth.
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O Lord! take my heart, for I cannot give it and when Thou hast it, O! keep it, for I cannot keep it for Thee and save me in spite of myself, for Jesus Christ's sake.
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God is so good that He only awaits our desire to overwhelm us with the gift of himself.
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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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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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We are not to choose the manner in which our blessings shall be bestowed.
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The art of cookery is the art of poisoning mankind, by rendering the appetite still importunate, when the wants of nature are supplied.
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You really don't even own the present moment, for even this belongs to God.
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We must avoid fastidiousness neatness, when it is moderate, is a virtue but when it is carried to an extreme, it narrows the mind.
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Nothing marks so much the solid advancement of a soul, as the view of one's wretchedness without anxiety and without discouragement.
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Simplicity is that grace which frees the soul from all unnecessary reflections upon itself.
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Speak, move, act in peace.
Francois Fenelon
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.
Francois Fenelon
No human power can force the intrenchments of the human mind: compulsion never persuades it only makes hypocrites.
Francois Fenelon
Even if no command to pray had existed, our very weakness would have suggested it.
Francois Fenelon
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.
Francois Fenelon
All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.
Francois Fenelon
The realization of God's presence is the one sovereign remedy against temptation.
Francois Fenelon
There is no real elevation of mind in a contempt of little things it is, on the contrary, from too narrow views that we consider those things of little importance which have in fact such extensive consequences.
Francois Fenelon
The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become toward the defects of other people.
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