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Let us often think of our own infirmities, and we shall become indulgent toward those of others.
Francois Fenelon
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Francois Fenelon
Age: 63 †
Born: 1651
Born: August 6
Died: 1715
Died: January 7
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No human power can force the intrenchments of the human mind: compulsion never persuades it only makes hypocrites.
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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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Nothing marks so much the solid advancement of a soul, as the view of one's wretchedness without anxiety and without discouragement.
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When kings interfere in matters of religion, they enslave instead of protecting it.
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This poor world, the object of so much insane attachment, we are about to leave it is but misery, vanity, and folly a phantom--the very fashion of which passeth away.
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Above all, live in the present moment and God will give you all the grace you need.
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To pray is to desire but it is to desire what God would have us desire.
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I am not in the least surprised that your impression of death becomes more lively, in proportion as age and infirmity bring it nearer. God makes use of this rough trial to undeceive us in respect to our courage, to make us feel our weakness, and to keep us in all humility in His hands.
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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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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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Nothing will make us so charitable and tender to the faults of others, as, by self-examination, thoroughly to know our own.
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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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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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Speak, move, act in peace.
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The passion of acquiring riches in order to support a vain expense corrupts the purest souls.
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