Everything like a proud or disdainful manner, all that savors of ridicule or censoriousness, indicates a soul full of itself, unconscious of its own faults, a prey to fastidiousness, and finding pleasure in the troubles of others.
Nothing ought to humble us more than this sort of pride; so easily wounded, contemptuous, disdainful, haughty, jealous of its own rights, and always unforgiving towards the defects of others.
One is very imperfect, when one is so impatient with the imperfections of others. Pray, read, humble your spirit by a taste for simple things. Seek your strength in silence.
~Dialogues of Fenelon
2 comments:
I'm so glad you like Fenelon! Isn't he just so amazing. (and humbling which I guess is precisely the point) I do enjoy your blog sweet girl and your baby could not possibly be any cuter! He is absolutely precious.
Good food for thought and something I could learn to do more - humble myself and seek my strength in silence - AND PRAYER! Thanks for the reminder.
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