Francis of Assisi

"God speaks to us not always in words, but in nature and in silence."

"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God."

"The mirror of the soul is the face."

"To understand something is to be at peace with it."

"Create as if you were going to live a hundred years."

"In the final analysis, it is not what you do for your children but what you have taught them to do for themselves."

"Brothers and sisters are as crutches to our legs."

"The wound is the place where the Light enters you."

"Love is not only a feeling. It is a duty and a choice."

"Heaven is not only a place we go to, but a state we can enter now."

"The most powerful weapon is not the sword but the heart."

"Serve the Lord with gladness; come before His presence with singing."

"To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day."

"It is in much labor that we are refined, as gold in fire."

"The truest knowledge of God is loving admiration."

"We are therefore bound to love all the faithful in Christ as ourselves."

"A constant small act of love is a hundred times more effective than a grand gesture."

"The Lord does not measure us by our work but by our love."

"If you love peace, then hate injustice, hate tyranny, and hate greed."

"Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul."

"Let there be peace in your heart before you seek it in the world."

"The sun mirrors the divine; it shines equally on rich and poor."

"Do not aspire to have more, but to be more."

"Grace is not earned; it is freely given by the love of God."

"To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk."

"Perfect joy is not in great works, but in small things done with great love."

"Blessed is he who loves much."

"The most dangerous temptation is the one you do not see."

"We must empty ourselves so that God may fill us."

"A man is what he thinks about all day long."