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.
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.
FRANCIS OF ASSISIIt is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
FRANCIS OF ASSISIIf 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.
FRANCIS OF ASSISIGrant 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.
FRANCIS OF ASSISIWhere there is injury let me sow pardon.
FRANCIS OF ASSISIIf God can work through me, he can work through anyone.
FRANCIS OF ASSISIStart by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
FRANCIS OF ASSISIPure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.
FRANCIS OF ASSISII am the herald of the Great King.
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.
FRANCIS OF ASSISIWhile you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.
FRANCIS OF ASSISIPraised be You, my Lord, through our Sister, Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us, producing varied fruits with coloured flowers and herbs.
FRANCIS OF ASSISIHoly poverty confounds cupidity and avarice and the cares of this world.
FRANCIS OF ASSISIIt is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.
FRANCIS OF ASSISIPraised be You, my Lord, through Brother Fire, through whom You light the night, and he is beautiful and playful and robust and strong.
FRANCIS OF ASSISIWhere there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.
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