Francois Fenelon
Francois Fenelon
François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon, more commonly known as François Fénelon, was a French Roman Catholic archbishop, theologian, poet and writer. He today is remembered mostly as the author of The Adventures of Telemachus, first published in 1699...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionClergyman
CountryFrance
prayer father heart
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 knoweth what things we have need of before we ask Him. The true prayer is that of the heart, and the heart prays only for what it desires. To pray, then is to desire -- but to desire what God would have us desire. He who asks what he does not from the bottom of his heart desire, is mistaken in thinking that he prays.
prayer essentials christianity
Of all the duties enjoined by Christianity none is more essential and yet more neglected than prayer.
time prayer wasted-time
Time spent in prayer is never wasted.
helping-others people waiting
You can often help others more by correcting your own faults than theirs. Remember, and you should, because of your own experience, that allowing God to correct your faults is not easy. Be patient with people, wait for God to work with them as He wills.
brother war hippie
All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.
gratitude godly past
Let gratitude for the past inspire us with trust for the future.
peace pain spring
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.
god children parent
Can we be unsafe where God has placed us, and where He watches over us as a parent a child that he loves?
true-friend lying voice
God is our true Friend, who always gives us the counsel and comfort we need. Our danger lies in resisting Him; so it is essential that we acquire the habit of hearkening to His voice, or keeping silence within, and listening so as to lose nothing of what He says to us.
use spirit holy
A general rule for the good use of time is to accustom oneself to live in a continual dependence on the Spirit of God.
country brother war
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.
fall love-you eye
When you come to be sensibly touched, the scales will fall from your eyes; and by the penetrating eyes of love you will discern that which your other eyes will never see.