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Francois Fenelon Quotes

When kings interfere in matters of religion, they enslave instead of protecting it Picture Quote #1

He who prays without confidence cannot hope that his prayers will be granted Picture Quote #1

Even if no command to pray had existed, our very weakness would have suggested it Picture Quote #1

We are not to choose the manner in which our blessings shall be bestowed Picture Quote #1

A good historian is timeless; although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect Picture Quote #1

Do not make best friends with a melancholy sad soul. They always are heavily loaded, and you must bear half Picture Quote #1

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Prayer is so necessary, and the source of so many blessings, that he who has discovered the treasure cannot be prevented from having recourse to it, whenever he has an opportunity Picture Quote #1

True piety hath in it nothing weak, nothing sad, nothing constrained. It enlarges the heart; it is simple, free, and attractive Picture Quote #1

To pray,... Is to desire; but it is to desire what God would have us desire. He who desires not from the bottom of his heart, offers a deceitful prayer Picture Quote #1

If the riches of the Indies, or the crowns of all the kingdom of Europe, were laid at my feet in exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all Picture Quote #1

Let us endeavor to commence every enterprise with a pure view to the glory of God, continue it without distraction, and finish it without impatience Picture Quote #1

This poor world, the object of so much insane attachment, we are about to leave; it is but misery, vanity, and folly; a phantom, the very fashion of which passeth away Picture Quote #1

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This is the love that does all things; that brings to pass even the evils we suffer; so shaping them that they are but instruments of preparing the good which, as yet, has not arrived Picture Quote #1

We may be sure that it is the love of God only that can make us come out of self. If His powerful hand did not sustain us, we should not know how to take the first step in that direction Picture Quote #1

God works in a mysterious way in grace as well as in nature, concealing His operations under an imperceptible succession of events, and thus keeps us always in the darkness of faith Picture Quote #1

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 the arms of the all powerful Picture Quote #1

Pure love is in the will alone; it is no sentimental love, for the imagination has no part in it; it loves, if we may so express it, without feeling, as faith believes without seeing Picture Quote #1

There is but one way in which God should be loved, and that is to take no step except with Him and for Him, and to follow with a generous self-abandonment every thing which He requires Picture Quote #1

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O God, the creature knows not to what end thou hast made him; teach him, and write in the depths of his soul that the clay must suffer itself to be shaped at the will of the potter Picture Quote #1

Here it is that the Spirit teaches us all truth; for all truth is eminently contained in this sacrifice of love, where the soul strips itself of every thing to present it to God Picture Quote #1

To love nothing is not to live; to love but feebly is to languish rather than live Picture Quote #1

The more you say, the less people remember, the fewer the words, the deeper the impression Picture Quote #1

The more you say, the less people remember. The fewer the words, the greater the profit Picture Quote #1

Real friends are our greatest joy and our greatest sorrow. It were almost to be wished that all true and faithful friends should expire on the same day Picture Quote #1

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I love my country better than my family; but I love human nature better than my country Picture Quote #1

The art of cookery is the art of poisoning mankind, by rendering the appetite still importunate, when the wants of nature are supplied Picture Quote #1

The greatest defect of common education is, that we are in the habit of putting pleasure all on one side, and weariness on the other; all weariness in study, all pleasure in idleness Picture Quote #1

Why art thou troubled and anxious about many things? One thing is needful - to love Him and to sit attentively at His feet Picture Quote #1

Let us pray God that He would root out of our hearts every thing of our own planting, and set out there, with His own hands, the tree of life, bearing all manner of fruits Picture Quote #1

If the crowns of all the kingdoms of Europe were laid down at my feet in exchange for my books and my love of reading, I would spurn them all Picture Quote #1

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When kings interfere in matters of religion, they enslave instead of protecting it (Francois Fenelon Quotes) He who prays without confidence cannot hope that his prayers will be granted (Francois Fenelon Quotes) Even if no command to pray had existed, our very weakness would have suggested it (Francois Fenelon Quotes) We are not to choose the manner in which our blessings shall be bestowed (Francois Fenelon Quotes) A good historian is timeless; although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect (Francois Fenelon Quotes) Do not make best friends with a melancholy sad soul. They always are heavily loaded, and you must bear half (Francois Fenelon Quotes) Prayer is so necessary, and the source of so many blessings, that he who has discovered the treasure cannot be prevented from having recourse to it, whenever he has an opportunity (Francois Fenelon Quotes) True piety hath in it nothing weak, nothing sad, nothing constrained. It enlarges the heart; it is simple, free, and attractive (Francois Fenelon Quotes) To pray,... Is to desire; but it is to desire what God would have us desire. He who desires not from the bottom of his heart, offers a deceitful prayer (Francois Fenelon Quotes) If the riches of the Indies, or the crowns of all the kingdom of Europe, were laid at my feet in exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all (Francois Fenelon Quotes) Let us endeavor to commence every enterprise with a pure view to the glory of God, continue it without distraction, and finish it without impatience (Francois Fenelon Quotes) This poor world, the object of so much insane attachment, we are about to leave; it is but misery, vanity, and folly; a phantom, the very fashion of which passeth away (Francois Fenelon Quotes) This is the love that does all things; that brings to pass even the evils we suffer; so shaping them that they are but instruments of preparing the good which, as yet, has not arrived (Francois Fenelon Quotes) We may be sure that it is the love of God only that can make us come out of self. If His powerful hand did not sustain us, we should not know how to take the first step in that direction (Francois Fenelon Quotes) God works in a mysterious way in grace as well as in nature, concealing His operations under an imperceptible succession of events, and thus keeps us always in the darkness of faith (Francois Fenelon Quotes) 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 the arms of the all powerful (Francois Fenelon Quotes) Pure love is in the will alone; it is no sentimental love, for the imagination has no part in it; it loves, if we may so express it, without feeling, as faith believes without seeing (Francois Fenelon Quotes) There is but one way in which God should be loved, and that is to take no step except with Him and for Him, and to follow with a generous self-abandonment every thing which He requires (Francois Fenelon Quotes) O God, the creature knows not to what end thou hast made him; teach him, and write in the depths of his soul that the clay must suffer itself to be shaped at the will of the potter (Francois Fenelon Quotes) Here it is that the Spirit teaches us all truth; for all truth is eminently contained in this sacrifice of love, where the soul strips itself of every thing to present it to God (Francois Fenelon Quotes) To love nothing is not to live; to love but feebly is to languish rather than live (Francois Fenelon Quotes) The more you say, the less people remember, the fewer the words, the deeper the impression (Francois Fenelon Quotes) The more you say, the less people remember. The fewer the words, the greater the profit (Francois Fenelon Quotes) Real friends are our greatest joy and our greatest sorrow. It were almost to be wished that all true and faithful friends should expire on the same day (Francois Fenelon Quotes) I love my country better than my family; but I love human nature better than my country (Francois Fenelon Quotes) The art of cookery is the art of poisoning mankind, by rendering the appetite still importunate, when the wants of nature are supplied (Francois Fenelon Quotes) The greatest defect of common education is, that we are in the habit of putting pleasure all on one side, and weariness on the other; all weariness in study, all pleasure in idleness (Francois Fenelon Quotes) Why art thou troubled and anxious about many things? One thing is needful - to love Him and to sit attentively at His feet (Francois Fenelon Quotes) Let us pray God that He would root out of our hearts every thing of our own planting, and set out there, with His own hands, the tree of life, bearing all manner of fruits (Francois Fenelon Quotes) If the crowns of all the kingdoms of Europe were laid down at my feet in exchange for my books and my love of reading, I would spurn them all (Francois Fenelon Quotes)

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