| Author Quoted | François de Salignac de La Mothe Fenelon |
| Title Quoted | Lettres Spirituelles |
| Date (Year/Month/Day) | 1963/03/27 |
| Imprint | [S.l.] : [s.n.]. 1856I |
| Quotation | "Ecoutez Dieu et point vous-même: làest la vraie liberte, paix et joie du Saint Esprit." ["Listen to God and not yourself: in that lies true freedom, peace and the joy of the Holy Spirit."] Fenelon The ms. of Fenelon's letters has arrived-of course only a selection. Well translated, very appealing. "Les pecheurs veulent toujours ce qui leur manque, et les ames pleines de l'amour de Dieu ne veulent rien que ce qu'elles ont." ["Sinners always want what they don't have, and souls full of the love of God don't want anything except what they already have."] (Fenelon) |
| Quotation Source | Turning Toward the World: The Pivotal Years. The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 4, 1960-1963.; Edited by Victor A. Kramer. / San Francisco : Harper Collins. 1996, p. 306 |
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