All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.
– St. Francis of Assisi
Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.
– St. Francis of Assisi
For it is in giving that we receive.
– St. Francis of Assisi
I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.
– St. Francis of Assisi
If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that man's conscience, although he do not obey it yet he shall not be dismissed.
– St. Francis of Assisi
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.
– St. Francis of Assisi
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
– St. Francis of Assisi
It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.
– St. Francis of Assisi
It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.
– St. Francis of Assisi
Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.
– St. Francis of Assisi
No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves.
– St. Francis of Assisi
Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.
– St. Francis of Assisi
Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
– St. Francis of Assisi
Where there is injury let me sow pardon.
– St. Francis of Assisi
While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.
– St. Francis of Assisi
Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.
– St. Francis of Assisi
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
