The greatest of all crosses is self. If we die in part every day, we shall have but little to do on the last. These little daily deaths will destroy the power of the final dying.
Francois FenelonTo be faithful in prayer it is indispensable that we arrange all the activities of the day with a regularity that nothing can disturb
Francois FenelonOf all the duties enjoined by Christianity none is more essential and yet more neglected than prayer.
Francois FenelonChildren are excellent observers, and will often perceive your slightest defects. In general, those who govern children, forgive nothing in them, but everything in themselves
Francois FenelonIt is only by fidelity in little things that the grace of true love to God can be sustained, and distinguished from a passing fervor of spirit. . . . No one can well believe that our piety is sincere, when our behavior is lax and irregular in its little details. What probability is there that we should not hesitate to make the greatest sacrifices, when we shrink from the smallest?
Francois Fenelon