Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.
FRANCIS OF ASSISIStart by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
More Francis of Assisi Quotes
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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 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.
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It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.
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The Father willed that his blessed and glorious Son, whom he gave to us and who was born for us, should through his own blood offer himself as a sacrificial victim on the altar of the cross. This was to be done not for himself through whom all things were made, but for our sins.
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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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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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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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Praised be You, my Lord, with all Your creatures, especially Sir Brother Sun, Who is the day through whom You give us light. And he is beautiful and radiant with great splendour; of You, Most High, he bears the likeness.
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If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.
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Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.
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A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
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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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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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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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