All the darkness in the world can’t extinguish the light from a single candle.
—Francis of Assisi
Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. Where there is patience and humility, there is neither anger nor vexation. Where there is poverty and joy, there is neither greed nor avarice. Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
—Francis of Assisi
Topics: Wisdom
It is not fitting, when one is in God’s service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.
—Francis of Assisi
The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today.
—Francis of Assisi
It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.
—Francis of Assisi
Topics: Advice
Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.
—Francis of Assisi
Topics: Love
We are the mother of Christ when we carry him in our heart and body by love and a pure and sincere conscience. And we give birth to him through our holy works which ought to shine to others by our example.
—Francis of Assisi
Start by doing what’s necessary, then what’s possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
—Francis of Assisi
A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
—Francis of Assisi
Topics: Happiness
Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well and can be of service to him. And blessed is he who loves his brother as well when he is afar off as when he is by his side, and who would say nothing behind his back he might not, in love, say before his face.
—Francis of Assisi
Topics: Integrity
No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves.
—Francis of Assisi
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