Francis of Assisi Quotes

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  • Our hands imbibe like roots, so i place them on what is beautiful in this world. And I fold them in prayer, and they draw from the heavens light

  • You damned spirits! You can only do what the hand of God allows you to do.

  • There is absolutely no man in the whole world who can possess one among you unless he first die.

    "The Writings of St. Francis of Assisi". Book translated by Paschal Robinson, www.sacred-texts.com. 1905.
  • I believe that You, O Jesus, are in the most holy Sacrament. I love You and desire You. Come into my heart. I embrace You. Oh, never leave me. May the burning and most sweet power of Your love, O Lord Jesus Christ, I beseech You, absorb my mind that I may die through love of Your love, Who were graciously pleased to die through love of my love.

  • When we pray to God we must be seeking nothing - nothing.

  • Man should tremble, the world should vibrate, all heaven should be deeply moved when the Son of God appears on the altar in the hands of the priest.

  • Alms are an inheritance and a justice which is due to the poor and which Jesus has levied upon us.

  • You should never praise anyone until you see how he turns out in the end!

  • He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist

  • A man has only so much knowledge as he puts to work.

  • What is it that stands higher than words? Action. What is it that stands higher than action? Silence.

  • And just as He appeared before the holy Apostles in true flesh, so now He has us see Him in the Sacred Bread. Looking at Him with the eyes of their flesh, they saw only His Flesh, but regarding Him with the eyes of the spirit, they believed that He was God. In like manner, as we see bread and wine with our bodily eyes, let us see and believe firmly that it is His Most Holy Body and Blood, True and Living.For in this way our Lord is ever present among those who believe in him, according to what He said: "Behold, I am with you all days even to the consummation of the world."

  • What you are looking for is what is looking.

  • It is good to read the testimonies of Scripture; it is good to seek the Lord our God in them. As for me, however, I have already made so much of Scripture my own that I have more than enough to meditate on and turn over in my mind. I need no more . .. I know Christ, the poor crucified One.

  • Not to hurt our humble brethren is our first duty to them, but to stop there is not enough. We have a higher mission - to be of service to them whenever they require it.

  • The brave unfortunate are our best acquaintance.

  • Water is the mirror of nature.

  • The world is a great stage on which God displays his many wonders.

  • For it is in giving that we receive.

    Francis of Assisi (2017). “St. Francis of Assisi's Prayers”, p.72, Paper & Ink
  • May the power of your love, Lord Christ, fiery and sweet as honey, so absorb our hearts as to withdraw them from all that is under heaven. Grant that we may be ready to die for love of your love, as you died for love of our love.

  • It would be considered a theft on our part if we didn't give to someone in greater need than we are.

  • The Lord called me by the way of simplicity and humility, and this way He hath shown me in truth for me and those who will believe and imitate me. And therefore I would that ye name not to me any rule, neither of St. Augustine, nor St. Benedict, nor of Bernard, nor any way or form of living, but that which was mercifully shown and given me by the Lord.

  • Where there is discord may we bring harmony. Where there is error, may we bring truth. Where there is doubt, may we bring faith. Where there is despair, may we bring hope.

  • We should all realize that no matter where or how a man dies, if he is in the state of mortal sin and does not repent, when he could have done so and did not, the Devil tears his soul from his body with such anguish and distress that only a person who has experienced it can appreciate it.

    Saint Francis (of Assisi) (1964). “Writings”
  • What could you do to a man who owns nothing? You can't starve a fasting man, you can't steal from someone who has no money, you can't ruin someone who hates prestige.

  • Spiritual joy arises from purity of the heart and perseverance in prayer.

  • Be Thou praised, my Lord, of our Sister Mother Earth, which sustains and hath us in rule, and produces divers fruits with coloured flowers and herbs.

    Saint Francis (of Assisi) (1951). “The Little Flowers of St. Francis: The Mirror of Perfection; The Life of St. Francis”
  • 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.

  • The journey is essential to the dream.

  • Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love, Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; And where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, Grant that I may not so much seek To be consoled as to console, To be understood as to understand, To be loved, as to love.

    The Origin of the Peace Prayer of St. Francis, www.franciscan-archive.org.
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