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Only Quotes by Francois Fenelon
- As long as anything in this world means anything to you, your freedom is only a word. You are like a bird that is held…
- It is only by fidelity in little things that the grace of true love to God can be sustained, and distinguished from a passing fervor…
- Resign every forbidden joy; restrain every wish that is not referred to God's will; banish all eager desires, all anxiety; desire only the will of…
- 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…
- Courage is a virtue only so far as it is directed by prudence.
- True prayer is only another name for the love of God. Its excellence does not consist in the multitude of our words; for our Father…
- The smallest things become great when God requires them of us; they are small only in themselves; they are always great when they are done…
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