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
doe gods-will conform
How does our will become sanctified? By conforming itself unreservedly to that of God.
rejected gift-from-god accounts
The gifts of God are not to be rejected on account of the channel that brings them.
god giving weakness
God never makes us sensible of our weakness except to give us of His strength.
god mother children
God's treasury where He keeps His children's gifts will be like many a mother's store of relics of her children, full of things of no value to others, but precious in His eyes for the love's sake that was in them.
god reflection voice
How can you expect God to speak in that gentle and inward voice which melts the soul, when you are making so much noise with your rapid reflections? Be silent and God will speak again.
command-not knowing faith-in-god
Faith is letting down our nets into the transparent deeps at the Divine command, not knowing what we shall draw.
gratitude godly past
Let gratitude for the past inspire us with trust for the future.
crowns exchange feet kingdoms laid love riches
If the riches of the Indies, or the crowns of all the kingdoms of Europe, were laid at my feet in exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all
disappointment light essentials
In the light of eternity we shall see that what we desired would have been fatal to us, and that what we would have avoided was essential to our well-being.
church passionate sin
To just read the Bible, attend church, and avoid “big” sins-is this passionate, wholehearted love for God?
pain feet vanity
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.
prayer moving speak
Speak, move, act in peace, as if you were in prayer. In truth, this is prayer.
trouble crosses dread
The greater our dread of crosses, the more necessary they are for us.
yield use forget
Crosses are of no use to us but inasmuch as we yield ourselves up to them and forget ourselves.