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What is it that stands higher than words? Action. What is it that stands higher than action? Silence.
Francis of Assisi
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Francis of Assisi
Died: 1226
Died: October 3
Catholic Deacon
Friar Franciscan
Poet
Saint
Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone
St. Francis of Assisi
Saint Francis of Assisi
San Francisco de Asís
San Francesco d'Assisi
Francesco di Pietro di Bernardone
von Assisi
Saint Franz
von Assisi
Saint Franziskus
San Francisco de Asis
Saint Francis
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Silence
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St. Francis of Assisi was hoeing his garden when someone asked what he would do if he were suddenly to learn that he would die before sunset that very day. I would finish hoeing my garden, he replied.
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Do few things but do them well, simple joys are holy.
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Where there is injury let me sow pardon.
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Dear God, please reveal to us your sublime beauty, that is everywhere, everywhere, everywhere, so that we will never again feel frightened.
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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.
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Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty.
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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.
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Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
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Nor did demons crucify Him it is you who have crucified Him and crucify Him still, when you delight in your vices and sins.
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Don't change the world, change worlds.
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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.
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Don't canonize me too soon. I'm perfectly capable of fathering a child.
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Do not put off any longer confessing all your sins, for death will soon come. Give and it will be given you forgive and you will be forgiven. . . Blessed are they who die repentant, for they shall go to the Kingdom of Heaven!
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There is absolutely no man in the whole world who can possess one among you unless he first die.
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Lord, help me to live this day, quietly, easily. To lean upon Thy great strength, trustfully, restfully. To wait for the unfolding of Thy will, patiently, serenely. To meet others, peacefully, joyously. To face tomorrow, confidently, courageously.
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The only thing ever achieved in life without effort is failure.
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He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist
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God requires that we assist the animals, when they need our help. Each being (human or creature) has the same right of protection.
Francis of Assisi
Be praised, O my Lord by Brother Wind, By air and cloud and every clime To whom Thou givest sustenance unto their kind.
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A promise is a child of the understanding and the will the understanding begets it, the will brings it forth.
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