The best Quotes by Francis of Assisi

The best Quotes by Francis of Assisi

Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, better known as Francis of Assisi (1181 - 1226), was an Italian mystic and Catholic friar who founded the Franciscans. He was inspired to lead a life of poverty as an itinerant preacher. One of the most venerated figures in Christianity, Francis was canonized by Pope Gregory IX on 16 July 1228. He is usually depicted in a brown habit with a rope around his waist with three knots, symbolizing the three Franciscan vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.

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Sun Light Darkness

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.

A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.

Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

Praised be You, my Lord, through our Sister, Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us, producing varied fruits with coloured flowers and herbs.

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.

For it is in giving that we receive.

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.

Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.

It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.

Walking & Going

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Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.

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Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.

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Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.

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Shadow and light are two sides of the same coin, one cannot exist without the other.

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There's always a little light in the darkness.

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Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until they speak.

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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens

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Loyalty Darkness

The Light failed; but the Darkness that followed was more than loss of light.

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I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars.

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Darkness Night Stars

Don't underestimate the allure of darkness. Even the poorest hearts are drawn to it.

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I'm at war with the world and they try to pull me into the dark.
I struggle to find my faith, as I'm slippin from your arms.

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Anything is possible if you got enough nerve.

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Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

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The war is won, but the peace is not.

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You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

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Death Selflessness

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Live for others, and you will live again.

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Life Selflessness

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One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.

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Love Walking & Going

I'm not stuck with a body so I can go wherever I want. I'm a nobody, get it?

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