Let us pray God that He would root out of our hearts every thing of our own planting, and set out there,… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
True piety hath in it nothing weak, nothing sad, nothing constrained. It enlarges the heart; it is simple, free, and attractive. — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
O Lord! take my heart, for I cannot give it; and when Thou hast it, O! keep it, for I cannot keep… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
People who have no secrets from each other never want for a subject of conversation. They do not weigh their words, for… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
How dangerous it is for our salvation, how unworthy of God and of ourselves, how pernicious even for the peace of our… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
Avoid all refined speculations; confine yourself to simple reflections, and recur to them frequently. Those who pass too rapidly from one truth… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
Sordid and infamous sensuality, the most dreadful evil that issued from the box of Pandora, corrupts every heart, and eradicates every virtue.… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
Carefully purify your conscience from daily faults; suffer no sin to dwell in your heart; small as it may seem, it obscures… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
The Christian life is a long and continual tendency of our hearts toward that eternal goodness which we desire on earth. All… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
We must have faith during the period of our grief. We think that our afflictions will be greater than we can bear,… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
True prayer is only another name for the love of God. Its excellence does not consist in the multitude of our words;… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
There is no real elevation of mind in a contempt of little things; it is, on the contrary, from too narrow views that we… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share
“If the riches of the Indies, or the crowns of all the kingdom of Europe, were laid at my feet in exchange for my… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share
That love of self, which the world advocates, is a thousand times more dangerous than any poison. — Francois Fenelon Copy Share
There were some who said that a man at the point of death was more free than all others, because death breaks every bond,… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share
A general rule for the good use of time is to accustom oneself to live in a continual dependence on the Spirit of God. — Francois Fenelon Copy Share
Nothing is more despicable than a professional talker who uses his words as a quack uses his remedies — Francois Fenelon Copy Share
Prayer is so necessary, and the source of so many blessings, that he who has discovered the treasure cannot be prevented from having recourse… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share
There is no true and constant gentleness without humility. While we are so fond of ourselves, we are easily offended with others. Let us… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share
Let me follow in Thy footsteps, O Jesus ! I would imitate Thee, but cannot without the aid of Thy grace! O humble and… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share
Our piety must be weak and imperfect if it do not conquer our fear of death. — Francois Fenelon Copy Share
I love my country better than my family; but I love humanity better than my country. — Francois Fenelon Copy Share
Crosses are of no use to us but inasmuch as we yield ourselves up to them and forget ourselves. — Francois Fenelon Copy Share
