Holy humility confounds pride and all the men of this world and all things that are in the world.
FRANCIS OF ASSISINo one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves.
More Francis of Assisi Quotes
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I am the herald of the Great King.
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Great and glorious God, and Thou Lord Jesus, I pray you shed abroad your light in the darkness of my mind. Be found of me, Lord, so that in all things I may act only in accordance with Thy holy will.
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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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Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.
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It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
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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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It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.
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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 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 Brother Fire, through whom You light the night, and he is beautiful and playful and robust and strong.
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Holy poverty confounds cupidity and avarice and the cares of this world.
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Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.
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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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Holy charity confounds all diabolical and fleshly temptations and all fleshly fears.
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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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