Francois Fenelon Quotes About Passion
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How different the peace of God from that of the world! It calms the passions, preserves the purity of the conscience, is inseparable from righteousness, unites us to God and strengthens us against temptations. The peace of the soul consists in an absolute resignation to the will of God.
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The passion of acquiring riches in order to support a vain expense corrupts the purest souls.
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Faith is letting down our nets into the transparent deeps at the Divine command, not knowing what we shall draw.
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God never ceases to speak to us, but the noise of the world without and the tumult of our passions within bewilder us and prevent us from listening to him
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