We must not be wise and prudent according to the flesh. Rather, we must be simple, humble and pure.
FRANCIS OF ASSISIHoly humility confounds pride and all the men of this world and all things that are in the world.
More Francis of Assisi Quotes
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I am the herald of the Great King.
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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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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 Brother Fire, through whom You light the night, and he is beautiful and playful and robust and strong.
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Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.
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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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If 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.
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Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.
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Holy poverty confounds cupidity and avarice and the cares of this world.
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A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
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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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It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
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Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.
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Where there is injury let me sow pardon.
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For it is in giving that we receive.
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