François Fénelon quotes - page 4

The realization of God's presence is the one sovereign remedy against temptation. (François Fénelon)
Nothing marks so much the solid advancement of a soul, as the view of one's wretchedness without anxiety and without discouragement. View quote
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Peace does not dwell in outward things, but within the soul. View quote
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He who prays without confidence cannot hope that his prayers will be granted. View quote
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Listen less to your own thoughts and more to God's thoughts. View quote
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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. View quote
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Trouble and perplexity drive me to prayer, and prayer drives away perplexity and trouble. View quote
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It is better to die than to tell a lie. View quote
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Speak, move, act in peace, as if you were in prayer. In truth, this is prayer. View quote
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Courage is a virtue only so far as it is directed by prudence. View quote
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Even if no command to pray had existed, our very weakness would have suggested it. (François Fénelon)
You really don't even own the present moment, for even this belongs to God. View quote
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The blood of a nation ought never to be shed except for its own preservation in the utmost extremity. View quote
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We may as well tolerate all religions, since God Himself tolerates all. View quote
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Let us often think of our own infirmities, and we shall become indulgent toward those of others. View quote
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No human power can force the intrenchments of the human mind: compulsion never persuades; it only makes hypocrites. View quote
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When kings interfere in matters of religion, they enslave instead of protecting it. View quote
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There were some who said that a man at the point of death was more free than all others, because death breaks every bond, and over the dead the united world has no power. View quote
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Violent excitement exhausts the mind and leaves it withered and sterile. View quote
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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become toward the defects of others. View quote
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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. (François Fénelon)
The best use one can make of his mind is to distrust it. View quote
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It is only by fidelity in little things that the grace of true love to God can be sustained, and distinguished from a passing fervor of spirit.... No one can well believe that our piety is sincere, when our behavior is lax and irregular in its little details. What probability is there that we should not hesitate to make the greatest sacrifices, when we shrink from the smallest. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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