Francis of Assisi

"The greatest prayer is patience."

"Let all creatures find their peace with me."

"To understand everything is to forgive everything."

"A person is what they do, not what they believe."

"I prefer the wounds of love to the comfort of apathy."

"Do not aspire to what I have accomplished; aspire to what I aspire."

"Wealth consists not in the abundance of riches but in contentment of heart."

"The seed that falls on good ground shall multiply a hundredfold."

"By the time the second mouse gets the cheese, the first one has already died."

"In giving we receive; in serving we find strength."

"The God who hears the cry of the sparrow hears yours too."

"Beauty is the language by which nature speaks to the soul."

"Waste no time wondering what others think; they seldom do."

"The broken heart has access to the throne of God."

"If you love only those who love you, what merit is there in that?"

"Let your life be a mirror of your words."

"Protect the weak, for therein lies your strength."

"Small deeds done with great love are far more valuable than great deeds without love."

"Fear is the antithesis of faith."

"Today is all the time we are guaranteed."

"The path of peace is walked with bare feet."

"Sorrow and suffering are the currency of true transformation."

"When you understand that you are nothing, you become everything."

"God speaks in the silence of the heart."

"Act as if all creation depends upon your faithfulness."

"Where love is, fear cannot be."

"Every creature is a word of God."

"The more you possess, the more you are possessed."

"My path is not your path; your path is not mine."

"Dreams are the whispers of the soul."