To pray is to desire; but it is to desire what God would have us desire. — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
To be faithful in prayer it is indispensable that we arrange all the activities of the day with a regularity that nothing… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
Of all the duties enjoined by Christianity none is more essential and yet more neglected than prayer. — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
Even if no command to pray had existed, our very weakness would have suggested it. — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
Speak, move, act in peace, as if you were in prayer. In truth, this is prayer. — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
He who prays without confidence cannot hope that his prayers will be granted. — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
I would have no desire other than to accomplish thy will. Teach me to pray; pray thyself in me. — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
How can you expect God to speak in that gentle and inward voice which melts the soul, when you are making so… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
There are two principal points of attention necessary for the preservation of this constant spirit of prayer which unites us with God;… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
God never ceases to speak to us, but the noise of the world without and the tumult of our passions within bewilder… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
Accustom yourself gradually to carry Prayer into all your daily occupation - speak, act, work in peace, as if you were in… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
Prayer is so necessary, and the source of so many blessings, that he who has discovered the treasure cannot be prevented from… — 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
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
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
