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Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.

Francis of Assisi

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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Beautiful God Himself Light Nature Praise
It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.
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Ourselves Religious Talk Walk
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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Color Flower Government Nature Praise
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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Himself Man Obedience
Holy charity confounds all diabolical and fleshly temptations and all fleshly fears.
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Charity Fear Temptation
While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.
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Care Heart Lips Peace Yourself
I am the herald of the Great King.
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Greatness Identity King
Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.
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Choice Love Myself Seek
Holy humility confounds pride and all the men of this world and all things that are in the world.
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Humility Man Pride Religious World
Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
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Impossible Inspirational Motivational Necessary Possible Start Success Yourself
Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.
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Purity Simplicity Wisdom World
If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.
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God Himself Power Work
Where there is injury let me sow pardon.
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Forgiveness Injury Kindness
Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything of its own beneath the sun, for the glory of your name, and that it have no other patrimony than begging.
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Beg Glory Myself Poor Poverty Sun
We must not be wise and prudent according to the flesh. Rather, we must be simple, humble and pure.
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Human Humble Purity Simplicity Wisdom
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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Bright Moon Nature Praise Stars

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