Francois Fenelon Quotes


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.


Citations

Fénelon, François. Spiritual Progress. Edited by James W. Metcalf, M. W. Dodd, 1853, p. 93.

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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.