Despondency is not a state of humility; on the contrary, it is the vexation and despair of a cowardly pride--nothing is worse;… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
Do we accustom ourselves to see all things in the light of faith? Do we correct all our judgments by it? Alas!… — 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
There is no true and constant gentleness without humility. While we are so fond of ourselves, we are easily offended with others.… — 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
There are some people who think that they should be always mourning, that they should put a continual constraint upon themselves, and… — 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
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
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
Let us often think of our own infirmities, and we shall become indulgent toward those of others. — 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
