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• Listen less to your own thoughts and more to God's thoughts.

  Francois Fenelon

  Bible, Christian

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• Alas! how many souls there are full of self, and yet desirous of doing good and serving God, but in such a way as to suit themselves; who desire to impose rules upon God as to His manner of drawing them to Himself. They want to serve and possess Him, but they are not willing to be possessed by Him.

  Francois Fenelon

  Self, Drawing, Soul

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• All wars are civil wars because all men are brothers... Each one owes infinitely more to the human race than to the particular country in which he was born.

  Francois Fenelon

  Country, Brother, Integrity

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• Be content with doing calmly the little which depends upon yourself, and let all else be to you as if it were not.

  Francois Fenelon

  Littles, Duty, Depends

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• Peace does not dwell in outward things but within the soul; we may preserve it in the midst of the bitterest pain, if our will remains firm and submissive. Peace in this life springs from acquiescence to, not an exemption from, suffering.

  Francois Fenelon

  Peace, Pain, Spring

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• We must truly serve those whom we appear to command; we must bear with their imperfections, correct them with gentleness and patience, and lead them in the way to heaven.

  Francois Fenelon

  Imperfection, Heaven, Way

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• There is never any peace for those who resist God.

  Francois Fenelon

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• 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 God; seek him alone and supremely, and you will find peace.

  Francois Fenelon

  Peace, Joy, Anxiety

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• 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 ease when you are far from Him.

  Francois Fenelon

  Bores You, Ease, Amusement

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• Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.

  Francois Fenelon

  Mind, Facts, Virtue

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• Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others.

  Francois Fenelon

  Failure, Complaining, Faults

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• It is not the multitude of hard duties, it is not the constraint and contention that advance us in our Christian course. On the contrary, it is the yielding of our wills without restriction and without choice to tread cheerfully every day in the path in which Providence leads us. It is to seek nothing, to be discouraged by nothing, to see our duty in the present moment, and to trust all else without reserve to the will and power of God.

  Francois Fenelon

  Christian, Choices, Path

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• The best use one can make of his mind is to distrust it.

  Francois Fenelon

  Mind, Use, Distrust

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• The realization of God's presence is the one sovereign remedy against temptation.

  Francois Fenelon

  Temptation, Realization, Sovereign

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• If we had strength and faith enough to trust ourselves entirely to God; and follow Him simply wherever He should lead us, we should have no need of any great effort of mind to reach perfection.

  Francois Fenelon

  Should Have, Perfection, Effort

  Francois Fenelon (2014). “Spiritual Progress”, p.168, Lulu.com

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• Never let us be discouraged with ourselves. It is not when we are conscious of our faults that we are the most wicked; on the contrary, we are less so. We see by a brighter light; and let us remember for our consolation, that we never perceive our sins till we begin to cure them.

  Francois Fenelon

  Christian, Light, Wicked

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• The gifts of God are not to be rejected on account of the channel that brings them.

  Francois Fenelon

  Rejected, Gift From God, Accounts

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• Time is given us that we may take care for eternity; and eternity will not be too long to regret the loss of our time if we have misspent it.

  Francois Fenelon

  Time, Regret, Loss

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• I would have every minister of the gospel address his audience with the zeal of a friend, with the generous energy of a father, and with the exuberant affection of a mother.

  Francois Fenelon

  Mother, Father, Preaching The Gospel

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• Frequently a big advantage can be gained by knowing how to give in at the right moment.

  Francois Fenelon

  Knowing, Giving, Moments

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• 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 by a leash; you can only fly so far.

  Francois Fenelon

  Powerful, Mean, Long

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• 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 in speaking with composure.

  Francois Fenelon

  Order, Taste, Few Words

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• The greater our dread of crosses, the more necessary they are for us.

  Francois Fenelon

  Trouble, Crosses, Dread

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• I love my country better than my family; but I love humanity better than my country.

  Francois Fenelon

  Country, Humanity, My Family

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• He who prays without confidence cannot hope that his prayers will be granted.

  Francois Fenelon

  Prayer, Praying, Granted

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