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Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.

Francis of Assisi

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
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God Hate Love Myself Peace
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
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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Enemy Harm Yourself
Holy poverty confounds cupidity and avarice and the cares of this world.
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Care Poor Poverty World
Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.
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Gift Grace Power
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
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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Desire God Human Servant
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
Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.
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Purity Simplicity Wisdom World
Holy wisdom confounds Satan and all his wickednesses.
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Evil Wicked Wisdom
Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.
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Charity Fear Ignorance Wisdom
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
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 Brother Fire, through whom You light the night, and he is beautiful and playful and robust and strong.
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Beautiful Brother Fire God Light Play Praise Strong
It is not fitting, when one is in God’s service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.
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Appearance Face God Service

Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.

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