Best Francois Fenelon Sayings
- To pray is to desire; but it is to desire what God would have us desire. Desire
- Nothing will make us so charitable and tender to the faults of others, as, by self-examination, thoroughly to know our own. Charitable
- The blood of a nation ought never to be shed except for its own preservation in the utmost extremity. Blood
- Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind. Carried
- There is no more dangerous illusion than the fancies by which people try to avoid illusion. Avoid
- When we are truly in this interior simplicity our whole appearance is franker, more natural. This true simplicity. . . makes us conscious of a… All
- Simplicity brings back the joys of Paradise. Not that we have pure pleasure without a moment's suffering, but when we are surrendered to God, we… All
- Discouragement is simply the despair of wounded self-love. Despair
- Peace does not dwell in outward things, but within the soul. Doe
- There is never any peace for those who resist God. Any
- Were in prayer, as indeed you ought to be. Inspirational
- If God bores you, tell Him that He bores you, that you prefer the vilest amusements to His presence, that you only feel at your… Amusement
- The art of cookery is the art of poisoning mankind, by rendering the appetite still importunate, when the wants of nature are supplied. Appetite
- I love my country better than my family; but I love humanity better than my country. Better
- Courage is a virtue only so far as it is directed by prudence. Courage
- The realization of God's presence is the one sovereign remedy against temptation. God
- Wine is the source of the greatest evils among communities. It causes diseases, quarrels, seditions, idleness, aversion to labor, and family disorders. . . .… Among
- All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers. All
- Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others. Complaining
- Do not make best friends with a melancholy sad soul. They always are heavily loaded, and you must bear half. Bear
- All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation. All
- If we were faultless we should not be so much annoyed by the defects of those with whom we associate. Annoyed
- There is a set of religious, or rather moral, writings which teach that virtue is the certain road to happiness, and vice to misery in… Book
- Genuine good taste consists in saying much in few words, in choosing among our thoughts, in having order and arrangement in what we say, and… Among
- The history of the world suggests that without love of God there is little likelihood of a love for man that does not become corrupt. Become Corrupt
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