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I no longer desire anything but to be Thine.
Francois Fenelon
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Francois Fenelon
Age: 63 †
Born: 1651
Born: August 6
Died: 1715
Died: January 7
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François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon
Fénelon
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Franz von Fenelon
Francis Fenelon
abbé de Fénélon
François Fénelon
François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon
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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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The gifts of God are not to be rejected on account of the channel that brings them.
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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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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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Mankind, by the perverse depravity of their nature, esteem that which they have most desired as of no value the moment it is possessed, and torment themselves with fruitless wishes for that which is beyond their reach.
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Discouragement is simply the despair of wounded self-love.
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Even if no command to pray had existed, our very weakness would have suggested it.
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It is often our own imperfection which makes us reprove the imperfection of others a sharp-sighted self-love of others
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Time spent in prayer is never wasted.
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The passion of acquiring riches in order to support a vain expense corrupts the purest souls.
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God is so good that He only awaits our desire to overwhelm us with the gift of himself.
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The past but lives in written words: a thousand ages were blank if books had not evoked their ghosts, and kept the pale unbodied shades to warn us from fleshless lips.
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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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How desirable is this simplicity! Who will give it to me? I will quit all else it is the pearl of great price.
Francois Fenelon
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.
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The wind of God is always blowing... but you must hoist your sail.
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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.
Francois Fenelon
Frequently a big advantage can be gained by knowing how to give in at the right moment.
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How rare it is to find a soul quiet enough to hear God speak.
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It is better to die than to tell a lie
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