Holy wisdom confounds Satan and all his wickednesses.
FRANCIS OF ASSISILord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
More Francis of Assisi Quotes
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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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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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Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
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Holy poverty confounds cupidity and avarice and the cares of this world.
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Woe to those who die in mortal sin!
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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 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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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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Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.
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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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Holy charity confounds all diabolical and fleshly temptations and all fleshly fears.
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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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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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