All wars are civil wars because all men are brothers... Each one owes infinitely more to the human race than to the particular country in which he was born.
François FénelonTags: humanity nationalism patriotism war humans
The history of the world suggests that without love of God there is little likelihood of a love for man that does not become corrupt.
François FénelonTags: love
If the riches of the Indies, or the crowns of all the kingdom of Europe,
were laid at my feet in exchange for my love of reading,
I would spurn them all.
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.
François FénelonAll wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.
Accustom yourself to unreasonableness and injustice. Abide in peace in the presence of God Who sees all these evils more clearly than you do, and Who permits them. Be content with doing with calmness the little which depends upon yourself, and let all else be to you as if it were naught.
François FénelonBe content with doing calmly the little which depends upon yourself, and let all else be to you as if it were not.
François FénelonDiscouragement is simply the despair of wounded self-love.
François FénelonBefore putting yourself in peril, it is necessary to forsee and fear it; but when one is there, nothing remains but to despise it.
François FénelonChildren are very nice observers, and they will often perceive our slightest defects. It general those who govern children forgive nothing in them, but everything in themselves.
François FénelonTags: children
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