Holy poverty confounds cupidity and avarice and the cares of this world.
FRANCIS OF ASSISIIf a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that man’s conscience, although he do not obey it yet he shall not be dismissed.
More Francis of Assisi Quotes
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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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Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
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A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
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If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.
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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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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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Where there is injury let me sow pardon.
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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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Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.
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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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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.
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I am the herald of the Great King.
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Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.
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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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Holy wisdom confounds Satan and all his wickednesses.
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