Francois Fenelon Quotes - Page 4

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• Courage is a virtue only so far as it is directed by prudence.

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  Virtue, Prudence

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• Peace does not dwell in outward things, but within the soul.

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  Soul, Doe, Restlessness

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• There is no more dangerous illusion than the fancies by which people try to avoid illusion.

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  People, Trying, Fancy

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• 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.

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  Men, Doe, World

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• Temptations are a file which rub off much of the rust of our self-confidence.

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  Self Confidence, Temptation, Rust

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• Simplicity is the straightforwardness of a soul which refuses itself any reaction with regard to itself or its deeds. This virtue differs from and surpasses sincerity. We see many people who are sincere without being simple. They do not wish to be taken for other than what they are; but they are always fearing lest they should be taken for what they are not.

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  Taken, Simple, People

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• Nothing marks so much the solid advancement of a soul, as the view of one's wretchedness without anxiety and without discouragement.

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  Views, Anxiety, Soul

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• If we were faultless we should not be so much annoyed by the defects of those with whom we associate.

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  Annoyed, Should, Defects

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• Blessed are the poor in spirit." Blessed are they who are stripped of every thing, even of their own wills, that they may no longer belong to themselves.

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  Blessed, Simplicity, May

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• Speak, move, act in peace, as if you were in prayer. In truth, this is prayer.

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  Prayer, Moving, Speak

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• I no longer desire anything but to be Thine.

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  Desire

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• O Lord! take my heart, for I cannot give it; and when Thou hast it, O! keep it, for I cannot keep it for Thee; and save me in spite of myself, for Jesus Christ's sake.

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  Jesus, Heart, Giving

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• We are never less alone than when we are in the society of a single, faithful friend; never less deserted than when we are carried in tne arms of the All-Powerful.

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  Powerful, Faithful, Arms

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• You really don't even own the present moment, for even this belongs to God.

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  Live In The Moment, Moments, Present Moment

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• If the crowns of all the kingdoms of the empire were laid down at my feet in exchange for my books and my love of reading I would spurn them all.

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  Love, Book, Reading

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• Nothing is more despicable than a professional talker who uses his words as a quack uses his remedies

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  Use, Quacks, Talkers

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• The youth who, like a woman, loves to adorn his person, has renounced all claim to wisdom and to glory; glory is due to those only who dare to associate with pain, and have trampled pleasure under their feet.

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  Pain, Vanity, Feet

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• To just read the Bible, attend church, and avoid “big” sins-is this passionate, wholehearted love for God?

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  Church, Passionate, Sin

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• Those who are wholly God's are always happy.

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  Always Happy

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• O Lord, I do most cheerfully commit all unto Thee.

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  Lord, Thee, Resignation

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• Oh! how seldom the soul is silent, in order that God may speak.

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  Order, Soul, May

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• As to our friend , I pray God to bestow upon him a simplicity that shall give him peace . Happy are they indeed who can bear their sufferings in the enjoyment of this simple peace and perfect acquiesence in the will of God.

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  Simple, Giving, Perfect

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• Fear is like the strong medicine used to fight serious diseases; it purges, but it also alters your temperament and wears out the body organs. A person who is driven by fear will always be the weaker for it

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  Strong, Fighting, Medicine

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• Children are excellent observers, and will often perceive your slightest defects. In general, those who govern children, forgive nothing in them, but everything in themselves

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  Children, Forgiving, Excellent

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• As the reflections of our pride upon our defects are bitter, disheartening, and vexatious, so the return of the soul towards God is peaceful and sustained by confidence. You will find by experience how much more your progress will be aided by this simple, peaceful turning towards God, than by all your chagrin and spite at .the faults that exist in you.

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  Pride, Reflection, Simple

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