Francois Fénelon citáty

„Člověk není člověkem, miluje-li jenom sebe.“

—  Francois Fénelon

Varianta: Člověk není člověkem, když miluje jen sebe.

„Čím víc mluvíte, tím míň si lidé zapamatují.“

—  Francois Fénelon

Varianta: Čím více mluvíte, tím méně si lidé zapamatují.

„Člověk není nikdy tak vynalézavý, jako když jde o to, aby oklamal sám sebe a umlčel výčitky.“

—  Francois Fénelon

„Našimi poklady jsou: zdraví, prostý život, láska ke ctnosti, shoda se sousedy, příchylnost k přátelům, skromnost k blahobytu, pevnost v neštěstí, smělost hovořit vždy pravdu, odpor k lichotkám.“

—  Francois Fénelon

„Milovat znamená nepovznášet se na toho druhého, ale snižovat se k němu.“

—  Francois Fénelon

„Láska bez vznešených úmyslů - to je jen řada probdělých nocí v milostném objetí s cílem být uspokojen, nikoliv šťasten.“

—  Francois Fénelon

„Odvaha je ctností jen tehdy, když je podmíněna šikovností, jinak je to pohrdání životem.“

—  Francois Fénelon

„Přátelství k ženám - to je pokrm srdce podávaný za studena.“

—  Francois Fénelon

„Láska, to je mocná říše tohoto světa, v níž ženy dobývají trůnu proto, že lžou nejpřesvědčivěji.“

—  Francois Fénelon

„Člověk ponižuje sebe sama na úroveň zvířete, miluje-li jen sebe.“

—  Francois Fénelon

„We are never less alone than when we are in the society of a single, faithful friend; never less deserted than when we are carried in the arms of the All-Powerful.“

—  François Fénelon

Zdroj: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 281.

„If we had strength and faith enough to trust ourselves entirely to God, and follow Him simply wherever He should lead us, we should have no need of any great effort of mind to reach perfection.“

—  François Fénelon

Zdroj: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 240.

„This poor world, the object of so much insane attachment, we are about to leave; it is but misery, vanity, and folly; a phantom, — the very fashion of which "passeth away."“

—  François Fénelon

Zdroj: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 206.

„We must bear our crosses; self is the greatest of them all. If we die in part every day of our lives, we shall have but little to do on the last. O how utterly will these little daily deaths destroy the power of the final dying!“

—  François Fénelon

Zdroj: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 170.

„We sleep in peace in the arms of God when we yield ourselves up to His providence, in a delightful consciousness of His tender mercies; no more restless uncertainties, no more anxious desires, no more impatience at the place we are in, for it is God who has put us there, and who holds us in His arms. Can we be unsafe where He has placed us, and where He watches over us as a parent watches a child? This confiding repose, in which earthly care sleeps, is the true vigilance of the heart; yielding itself up to God, with no other support than Him, it thus watches while we sleep. This is the love of Him that will not sleep even in death.“

—  François Fénelon

Zdroj: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 600.

„Commit yourself then to God! He will be your guide. He Himself will travel with you, as we are told He did with the Israelites, to bring them step by step across the desert to the promised land. Ah! what will be your blessedness, if you will but surrender yourself into the hands of God, permitting Him to do whatever He will, not according to your desires, but according to His own good pleasure?“

—  François Fénelon

Zdroj: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 601.

„We may be sure that it is the love of God only that can make us come out of self. If His powerful hand did not sustain us, we should not know how to take the first step in that direction.“

—  François Fénelon

Zdroj: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 270.

„The kingdom of God which is within us consists in our willing whatever God wills, always, in every thing, and without reservation; and thus His kingdom comes; for His will is then done as it is in heaven, since we will nothing but what is dictated by His sovereign pleasure.“

—  François Fénelon

Zdroj: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 269.

„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

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