Francois Fenelon Quotes


How dangerous it is for our salvation, how unworthy of God and of ourselves, how pernicious even for the peace of our hearts, to want always to stay where we are! Our whole life was only given us to advance us by great strides toward our heavenly country.


Citations

Fénelon, François. Christian Perfection. Translated by Mildred Whitney Stillman, Harper & Brothers, 1947, p. 5.

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Francois Fenelon
Francois Fenelon
  • Born: August 6, 1651
  • Died: January 7, 1715
  • Nationality: French
  • Profession: Clergyman

François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon (French: [də la mɔt fenəlɔ̃]), more commonly known as François Fénelon, was a French Roman Catholic archbishop, theologian, poet and writer. He today is remembered mostly as the author of The Adventures of Telemachus, first published in 1699.