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French poet born on August 6, 1651, and died on January 7, 1715. Francois Fenelon is renowned for his poetic works, which are characterized by their unique style and rich emotions, and have had a profound impact on the development of poetry both in France and around the world.

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Famous Francois Fenelon Quotes

“A cross borne in simplicity, without the interference of self-love to augment it, is only half a cross. Suffering in this simplicity of love, we are not only happy in spile of the cross, but because of it; for love is pleased in suffering for the Well Beloved, and the cross which forms us into His image is a consoling bond of love.”

Wells Self Form Suffering Love Is Half Self Love Crosses Simplicity Beloved Interference Consoling Bonds Of Love

Author:Francois Fenelon

“Thou lovest like an infinite God when Thou lovest; Thou movest heaven and earth to save Thy loved ones. Thou becomest man, a babe, the vilest of men, covered with reproaches, dying with infamy and under the pangs of the cross; all this is not too much for an infinite love.”

Men Earth Heaven Too Much Dying Crosses Infinite Covered Loved Ones Babe Heaven And Earth Reproach Infamy Infinite Love

Book:Spiritual Progress

Source: Spiritual Progress

“True love goes ever straight forward, not in its own strength, but esteeming itself as nothing. Then indeed we are truly happy. The cross is no longer a cross when there is no self to suffer under it.”

Self Suffering Crosses Truly Happy

Book:Spiritual Progress

Source: Spiritual Progress

“On this earth all is temptation. Crosses tempt us by irritating our pride, and prosperity by flattering it. Our life is a continual combat, but one in which Jesus Christ fights for us. We must pass on unmoved, while temptations rage around us, as the traveler, overtaken by a storm, simply wraps his cloak more closely about him, and pushes on more vigorously toward his destined home.”

Home Earth Life Is Fighting Jesus Christ Our Lives Pride Jesus Christ Crosses Prosperity Storm Rage Temptation Combat Traveler Destined Wraps Flattering Cloaks Irritating

Book:Spiritual Progress

Source: Spiritual Progress

“God has not chosen to save us without crosses; as He has not seen fit to create men at once in the full vigor of manhood, but has suffered them to grow up by degrees amid all the perils and weaknesses of youth.”

Men Grows Growing Up Youth Fit Degrees Weakness Crosses Trials Chosen Manhood Peril Vigor

Book:Spiritual Progress

Source: Spiritual Progress

“Crosses are of no use to us but inasmuch as we yield ourselves up to them and forget ourselves.”

Use Forget Trouble Crosses Yield

Author:Francois Fenelon

“The greater our dread of crosses, the more necessary they are for us.”

Greater Trouble Crosses Dread

Author:Francois Fenelon

“Worry is the cross which we make for ourselves by over anxiety.”

Worry Anxiety Crosses

Author:Francois Fenelon

“The greatest of all crosses is self. If we die in part every day, we shall have but little to do on the last. These little daily deaths will destroy the power of the final dying.”

Ifs Littles Self Lasts Dies Dying Crosses Finals

Author:Francois Fenelon

About the Author

Born: August 6, 1651
Died: January 7, 1715
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 180

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