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
Francois Fenelon quotes about
kings religion matter
When kings interfere in matters of religion, they enslave instead of protecting it.
live-in-the-moment moments present-moment
You really don't even own the present moment, for even this belongs to God.
death humility hands
I am not in the least surprised that your impression of death becomes more lively, in proportion as age and infirmity bring it nearer. God makes use of this rough trial to undeceive us in respect to our courage, to make us feel our weakness, and to keep us in all humility in His hands.
death men world
There were some who said that a man at the point of death was more free than all others, because death breaks every bond, and over the dead the united world has no power.
children forgiving excellent
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
use quacks remedy
Nothing is more despicable than a professional talker who uses his words as a quack uses his remedies
prayer blessing opportunity
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.
wish moments depravity
Mankind, by the perverse depravity of their nature, esteem that which they have most desired as of no value the moment it is possessed, and torment themselves with fruitless wishes for that which is beyond their reach.
prayer moving speak
Speak, move, act in peace, as if you were in prayer. In truth, this is prayer.
christian choices path
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.
love book reading
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.
desire
I no longer desire anything but to be Thine.
simple guides
Make this simple rule the guide of your life: to have no will but God's.
perfect people quiet
The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become toward the defects of other people.