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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.
Francois Fenelon
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Francois Fenelon
Age: 63 †
Born: 1651
Born: August 6
Died: 1715
Died: January 7
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More quotes by Francois Fenelon
Accustom yourself gradually to carry Prayer into all your daily occupation - speak, act, work in peace, as if you were in prayer, as indeed you ought to be.
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A cross borne in simplicity, without the interference of self-love to augment it, is only half a cross. Suffering in this simplicity of love, we are not only happy in spile of the cross, but because of it for love is pleased in suffering for the Well Beloved, and the cross which forms us into His image is a consoling bond of love.
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When kings interfere in matters of religion, they enslave instead of protecting it.
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We are never less alone than when we are in the society of a single, faithful friend never less deserted than when we are carried in tne arms of the All-Powerful.
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Let gratitude for the past inspire us with trust for the future.
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The passion of acquiring riches in order to support a vain expense corrupts the purest souls.
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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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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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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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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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You can often help others more by correcting your own faults than theirs. Remember, and you should, because of your own experience, that allowing God to correct your faults is not easy. Be patient with people, wait for God to work with them as He wills.
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Even if no command to pray had existed, our very weakness would have suggested it.
Francois Fenelon
Speak, move, act in peace.
Francois Fenelon
Peace does not dwell in outward things, but within the soul.
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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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We are not to choose the manner in which our blessings shall be bestowed.
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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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If we were faultless we should not be so much annoyed by the defects of those with whom we associate.
Francois Fenelon
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.
Francois Fenelon
Oh! how seldom the soul is silent, in order that God may speak.
Francois Fenelon
