Francis Of Assisi Quotes
Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that you have received - only what you have given: a full heart, enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice and courage.
Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
God requires that we assist the animals, when they need our help. Each being (human or creature) has the same right of protection.
All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.
All things of creation are children of the Father and thus brothers of man. ... God wants us to help animals, if they need help. Every creature in distress has the same right to be protected.
What is it that stands higher than words? Action. What is it that stands higher than action? Silence.
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.
Not to hurt our humble brethren is our first duty to them, but to stop there is not enough. We have a higher mission - to be of service to them whenever they require it.
While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.
I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.
You cannot all abandon your possessions, but at least you can change your attitude about them. All getting separates you from others; all giving unites to others.
When I think of the happiness that is in store for me, every sorrow, every pain becomes dear to me.
By the anxieties and worries of this life Satan tries to dull man's heart and make a dwelling for himself there.
Be patient, because the weaknesses of the body are given to us in this world by God for the salvation of the soul. So they are of great merit when they are borne patiently.
It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.
What could you do to a man who owns nothing? You can't starve a fasting man, you can't steal from someone who has no money, you can't ruin someone who hates prestige.
It would be considered a theft on our part if we didn't give to someone in greater need than we are.
You can show your love to others by not wishing that they should be better Christians.
It was easy to love God in all that was beautiful. The lessons of deeper knowledge, though, instructed me to embrace God in all things.
Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.
Be praised, My Lord, through Sister Water; she is very useful, and humble, and precious, and pure.
Dear God, please reveal to us your sublime beauty, that is everywhere, everywhere, everywhere, so that we will never again feel frightened.
No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves.
Hold back nothing of yourselves for yourselves so that He who gives Himself totally to you may receive you totally.
Here is one of the best means to acquire humility; fix well in mind this maxim: One is as much as he is in the sight of God, and no more.
Our hands imbibe like roots, so i place them on what is beautiful in this world. And I fold them in prayer, and they draw from the heavens light
Where there is discord may we bring harmony. Where there is error, may we bring truth. Where there is doubt, may we bring faith. Where there is despair, may we bring hope.
