François Fénelon: Quotes about the soul

François Fénelon was Catholic bishop. Explore interesting quotes on soul.
François Fénelon: 86 quotes3 likes

“If there is any thing that can render the soul calm, dissipate its scruples, and dispel its fears, sweeten its sufferings by the anointing of love, impart strength to it in all its actions, and spread abroad the joy of the Holy Spirit in its countenance and words, it is a simple, free, and child-like repose in the arms of God.”

François Fénelon

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 446.

“As the reflections of our pride upon our defects are bitter, disheartening, and vexatious, so the return of the soul towards God is peaceful and sustained by confidence. You will find by experience how much more your progress will be aided by this simple, peaceful turning towards God, than by all your chagrin and spite at the faults that exist in you.”

François Fénelon

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 566.

“Carefully purify your conscience from daily faults; suffer no sin to dwell in your heart; small as it may seem, it obscures the light of grace, weighs down the soul, and hinders that constant communion with Jesus Christ which it should be your pleasure to cultivate.”

François Fénelon

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 317.

“The presence of God calms the soul, and gives it quiet and repose.”

François Fénelon

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 276.

“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.”

François Fénelon

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 543.

“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.”

François Fénelon

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 543.

“If we love Him infinitely more than we do ourselves, we make an unconditional sacrifice of ourselves to His good pleasure, desiring only to love Him and to forget ourselves. He who thus loses his soul shall find it again with eternal life.”

François Fénelon

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 542.