Men lose all the material things they leave behind them in this world, but they carry with them the reward of their charity and the alms they give. For these, they will receive from the Lord the reward and recompense they deserve.
FRANCIS OF ASSISIIt is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.
More Francis of Assisi Quotes
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It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.
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For it is in giving that we receive.
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Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
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While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.
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Praised be You, my Lord, through our Sister, Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us, producing varied fruits with coloured flowers and herbs.
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Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Moon and the stars; in the heavens, you have made them bright, precious and fair.
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Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.
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Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.
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If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.
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A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
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Praised be You, my Lord, through Brother Fire, through whom You light the night, and he is beautiful and playful and robust and strong.
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No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves.
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We should never desire to be over others. Instead, we ought to be servants who are submissive to every human being for God’s sake.
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Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
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If you have men who will exclude any of God’s creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.
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