Francois Fenelon Quotes About Piety

• It 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?

  François Fenelon

  Love, Believe, Sacrifice

• Our piety must be weak and imperfect if it do not conquer our fear of death.

  François Fenelon

  Imperfect, Conquer, Weak

• True piety hath in it nothing weak, nothing sad, nothing constrained. It enlarges the heart; it is simple, free, and attractive.

  François Fenelon

  Heart, Simple, Weak

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