A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
FRANCIS OF ASSISIWhere there is injury let me sow pardon.
More Francis of Assisi Quotes
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Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.
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Holy wisdom confounds Satan and all his wickednesses.
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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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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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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, 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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Holy humility confounds pride and all the men of this world and all things that are in the world.
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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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I am the herald of the Great King.
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It is not fitting, when one is in God’s service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.
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If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.
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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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For it is in giving that we receive.
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It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.
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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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