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
As to our friend , I pray God to bestow upon him a simplicity that shall give him peace . Happy are… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
Resign every forbidden joy; restrain every wish that is not referred to God's will; banish all eager desires, all anxiety; desire only… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
How different the peace of God from that of the world! It calms the passions, preserves the purity of the conscience, is… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
The presence of God calms the soul, and gives it quiet and repose. — 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
Peace does not dwell in outward things but within the soul; we may preserve it in the midst of the bitterest pain,… — 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
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 Image
“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 Image
That love of self, which the world advocates, is a thousand times more dangerous than any poison. — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
Nothing is more despicable than a professional talker who uses his words as a quack uses his remedies — 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 having recourse… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
Our piety must be weak and imperfect if it do not conquer our fear of death. — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
