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Gold hath no lustre of its own. It shines by temperate use alone.
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
Shines
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Gold
Alone
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Temperate
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Where there is darkness, let there be light.
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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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What is it that stands higher than words? Action. What is it that stands higher than action? Silence.
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Pleased be you, my Lord, with all your creatures, especially Sir Brother Sun, who is the day and through whom you give us light. And he is beautiful and radiant with great splendours and bears likeness of you, Most High One.
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By the anxieties and worries of this life Satan tries to dull man's heart and make a dwelling for himself there.
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I therefore command all my Brothers, those living now and those to come in the future, to venerate the Holy Mother of God, whom we always implore to be our Protectress, to praise her at all times, in all circumstances of life, with all the means in their power and with the greatest devotion and submission.
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Start by doing what's necessary then do what's possible and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
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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.
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Everything in man should halt in awe...Let all the world quake and let Heaven exult when Christ the Son of the living God is there on the altar.
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Water is the mirror of nature.
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Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
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I beg you to show the greatest possible reverence and honor for the most holy Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom all things, whether on earth or in heaven, have been brought to peace and reconciled with Almighty God
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The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today.
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You should never praise anyone until you see how he turns out in the end!
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Don't change the world, change worlds.
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The world is a great stage on which God displays his many wonders.
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What does the poor man do at the rich man's door, the sick man in the presence of his physician, the thirsty man at a limpid stream? What they do, I do before the Eucharistic God. I pray. I adore. I love.
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We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen away, and to bring home those who have lost their way. Many who seem to us to be children of the Devil will still become Christ's disciples.
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A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
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