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That love of self, which the world advocates, is a thousand times more dangerous than any poison.

Francois Fenelon

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Francois Fenelon
Age: 63 †
Born: 1651
Born: August 6
Died: 1715
Died: January 7
Catholic Priest
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The passion of acquiring riches in order to support a vain expense corrupts the purest souls.
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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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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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Trouble and perplexity drive me to prayer, and prayer drives away perplexity and trouble.
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Discouragement is simply the despair of wounded self-love.
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O Lord, I do most cheerfully commit all unto Thee.
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Simplicity is that grace which frees the soul from all unnecessary reflections upon itself.
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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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Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others.
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The greater our dread of crosses, the more necessary they are for us.
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It is this unquiet self-love that renders us so sensitive. The sick man, who sleeps ill, thinks the night long. We exaggerate, from cowardice, all the evils which we encounter they are great, but our sensibility increases them. The true way to bear them is to yield ourselves up with confidence to God.
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Let gratitude for the past inspire us with trust for the future.
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There is never any peace for those who resist God.
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The gifts of God are not to be rejected on account of the channel that brings them.
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All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.
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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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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.
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