Temptations are a file which rub off much of the rust of our self-confidence. — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
Nothing will make us so charitable and tender to the faults of others, as, by self-examination, thoroughly to know our own. — 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
The greatest of all crosses is self. If we die in part every day, we shall have but little to do on… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
Alas! how many souls there are full of self, and yet desirous of doing good and serving God, but in such a… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
There is but one way in which God should be loved, and that is to take no step except with Him and… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
It is often our own imperfection which makes us reprove the imperfection of others; a sharp-sighted self-love of others — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
True love goes ever straight forward, not in its own strength, but esteeming itself as nothing. Then indeed we are truly happy.… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
We may be sure that it is the love of God only that can make us come out of self. If His… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
So long as we are full of self we are shocked at the faults of others. Let us think often of our… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
A cross borne in simplicity, without the interference of self-love to augment it, is only half a cross. Suffering in this simplicity… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
Simplicity brings back the joys of Paradise. Not that we have pure pleasure without a moment's suffering, but when we are surrendered… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
It is this unquiet self-love that renders us so sensitive. The sick man, who sleeps ill, thinks the night long. We exaggerate,… — 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
