Francois Fenelon

Genuine good taste consists in saying much in few words, in choosing among our thoughts, in having order and arrangement in what…

— Francois Fenelon

I am not in the least surprised that your impression of death becomes more lively, in proportion as age and infirmity bring…

— Francois Fenelon

Before putting yourself in peril, it is necessary to foresee and fear it; but when one is there, nothing remains but to…

— François Fénelon

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

Real friends are our greatest joy and our greatest sorrow. It were almost to be wished that all true and faithful friends…

— Francois Fenelon

It is only by fidelity in little things that the grace of true love to God can be sustained, and distinguished from…

— Francois Fenelon

It is when God appears to have abandoned us that we must abandon ourselves most wholly to God.

— Francois Fenelon

Time is given us that we may take care for eternity; and eternity will not be too long to regret the loss…

— Francois Fenelon

Mankind, by the perverse depravity of their nature, esteem that which they have most desired as of no value the moment it…

— Francois Fenelon

There is but one way in which God should be loved, and that is to take no step except with Him and…

— Francois Fenelon

True prayer is only another name for the love of God. Its excellence does not consist in the multitude of our words;…

— Francois Fenelon

God is our true Friend, who always gives us the counsel and comfort we need. Our danger lies in resisting Him; so…

— Francois Fenelon

This poor world, the object of so much insane attachment, we are about to leave; it is but misery, vanity, and folly;…

— Francois Fenelon

We may be sure that it is the love of God only that can make us come out of self. If His…

— Francois Fenelon

Good taste rejects excessive nicety.

— Francois Fenelon

This is the love that does all things; that brings to pass even the evils we suffer; so shaping them that they…

— Francois Fenelon

God felt, God tasted and enjoyed is indeed God, but God with those gifts which flatter the soul, God in darkness, in…

— Francois Fenelon

How can you expect God to speak in that gentle and inward voice which melts the soul, when you are making so…

— Francois Fenelon

To will everything that God wills, and to will it always, in all circumstances and without reservations: that is the kingdom of…

— Francois Fenelon

You can often help others more by correcting your own faults than theirs. Remember, and you should, because of your own experience,…

— Francois Fenelon

Violent excitement exhausts the mind and leaves it withered and sterile.

— Francois Fenelon

Worry is the cross which we make for ourselves by over anxiety.

— Francois Fenelon

Let us endeavor to commence every enterprise with a pure view to the glory of God, continue it without distraction, and finish…

— Francois Fenelon

Do not make best friends with a melancholy sad soul. They always are heavily loaded, and you must bear half.

— Francois Fenelon

When kings interfere in matters of religion, they enslave instead of protecting it.

— Francois Fenelon