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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.
Francois Fenelon
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Francois Fenelon
Age: 63 †
Born: 1651
Born: August 6
Died: 1715
Died: January 7
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The realization of God's presence is the one sovereign remedy against temptation.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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The smallest things become great when God requires them of us they are small only in themselves they are always great when they are done for God.
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There is no true and constant gentleness without humility. While we are so fond of ourselves, we are easily offended with others. Let us be persuaded that nothing is due to us, and then nothing will disturb us. Let us often think of our own infirmities, and we will become indulgent towards those of others.
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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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There is never any peace for those who resist God.
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Time spent in prayer is never wasted.
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Speak, move, act in peace.
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If we had strength and faith enough to trust ourselves entirely to God and follow Him simply wherever He should lead us, we should have no need of any great effort of mind to reach perfection.
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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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