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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.
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 bears with imperfect beings even when they resist His goodness. We ought to imitate this merciful patience and endurance. It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become toward the defects of other people.
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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 rare it is to find a soul quiet enough to hear God speak.
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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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God would behold in you a simplicity which will contain so much the more of His wisdom as it contains less of your own.
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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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That love of self, which the world advocates, is a thousand times more dangerous than any poison.
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Time spent in prayer is never wasted.
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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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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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Speak, move, act in peace.
Francois Fenelon
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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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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Above all, live in the present moment and God will give you all the grace you need.
Francois Fenelon
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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As long as anything in this world means anything to you, your freedom is only a word. You are like a bird that is held by a leash you can only fly so far.
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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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Make this simple rule the guide of your life: to have no will but God's.
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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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