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As to our friend , I pray God to bestow upon him a simplicity that shall give him peace . Happy are they indeed who can bear their sufferings in the enjoyment of this simple peace and perfect acquiesence in the will of God.
Francois Fenelon
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Francois Fenelon
Age: 63 †
Born: 1651
Born: August 6
Died: 1715
Died: January 7
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Genuine good taste consists in saying much in few words, in choosing among our thoughts, in having order and arrangement in what we say, and in speaking with composure.
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The greatest of all crosses is self. If we die in part every day, we shall have but little to do on the last. These little daily deaths will destroy the power of the final dying.
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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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To pray is to desire but it is to desire what God would have us desire.
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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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The great point is to renounce your own wisdom by simplicity of walk, and to be ready to give up the favor, esteem, and approbation of every one, whenever the path in which God leads you passes that way.
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Make this simple rule the guide of your life: to have no will but God's.
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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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All wars are civil wars because all men are brothers... Each one owes infinitely more to the human race than to the particular country in which he was born.
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How rare it is to find a soul quiet enough to hear God speak.
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The Christian life is a long and continual tendency of our hearts toward that eternal goodness which we desire on earth. All our happiness consists in thirsting for it. Now this thirst is prayer. Ever desire to approach your Creator, and you will never cease to pray. Do not think it necessary to pronounce many words.
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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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Blessed are the poor in spirit. Blessed are they who are stripped of every thing, even of their own wills, that they may no longer belong to themselves.
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The youth who, like a woman, loves to adorn his person, has renounced all claim to wisdom and to glory glory is due to those only who dare to associate with pain, and have trampled pleasure under their feet.
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Our piety must be weak and imperfect if it do not conquer our fear of death.
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Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.
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Pity enlarges the heart.
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Simplicity is that grace which frees the soul from all unnecessary reflections upon itself.
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Good taste rejects excessive nicety.
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