Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.

Quote by Francis Of Assisi

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Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to...

Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to...

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

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

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

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

If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of...

If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of...

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

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

It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.

It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

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

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

Where there is injury let me sow pardon.

Where there is injury let me sow pardon.

It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face...

It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face...

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

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

Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the...

Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the...

While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more...

While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more...

If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against...

If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against...

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

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

For it is in giving that we receive.

For it is in giving that we receive.

No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one...

No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one...