Quotes by Francis of Assisi

“If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.”

“Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.”

“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.”

“I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.”

“It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.”

“Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.”

“Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.”

“While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.”

“Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.”

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