François Fénelon Quotes

Those who correct others should watch for the Holy Spirit to go ahead of them and touch a person's h...

Silence promotes the presence of God, prevents many harsh and proud words, and suppresses many dange...

Peace does not dwell in outward things but within the soul; we may preserve it in the midst of the b...

The youth who, like a woman, loves to adorn his person, has renounced all claim to wisdom and to glo...

Let the water flow beneath the bridge; let men be men, that is to say, weak, vain, inconstant, unjus...

True prayer is only another name for the love of God. Its excellence does not consist in the multitu...

Little faults become great, and even monstrous in our eyes, in proportion as the pure light of God i...

All wars are civil wars because all men are brothers... Each one owes infinitely more to the human r...

Children are very nice observers, and they will often perceive our slightest defects. It general tho...

I love my country better than my family but I love humanity better than my country.

I would have every minister of the gospel address his audience with the zeal of a friend with the g...

Genuine good taste consists in saying much in few words, in choosing among our thoughts, in having o...

The more you say the less people remember. The fewer the words the greater the profit.

Do not make best friends with a melancholy sad soul. They always are heavily loaded, and you must be...

The wind of God is always blowing... but you must hoist your sail.

All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.