François Fenelon
Biography
Quotes
- Violent excitement exhausts the mind and leaves it withered and sterile.
- Peace does not dwell in outward things, but within the soul; we may preserve it in the midst of the bitterest pain, if our will remain firm and submissive. Peace in this life springs from acquiescence, not in an exemption from suffering.
- We can often do more for other men by correcting our own faults than by trying to correct theirs.
