Francis of Assisi

"The music of the spheres is the laughter of God delighting in creation."

"To live in gratitude is to live in constant communion with the Divine."

"The wounds we bear are not signs of weakness but of our willingness to love."

"Freedom is found not in the absence of constraint but in the presence of purpose."

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

"All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle."

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

"For it is in giving that we receive."

"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love."

"The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will ever hear."

"Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible."

"Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that you have received—only what you have given."

"He who works with his hands is a laborer; he who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman; he who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist."

"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 own kind."

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

"The eye through which I see God is the same eye through which God sees me."

"May I never be found among those who only talk about love but fail to practice it."

"Blessed are the peacemakers, for in their work lies the seed of eternal joy."

"Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing frighten you. Everything changes, but God never changes. Patience obtains all things."

"The mediocre teacher tells, the good teacher explains, the superior teacher demonstrates, the great teacher inspires."

"We cannot be kind to each other here for even an hour. We hardly ever exchange a friendly word; the shaft of Cain is on our brow."

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

"To love is nothing. To be loved is something. To love and be loved is everything."

"Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well and can be of service to him."

"There is nothing so great that I fear to lose it. There is nothing so small that I will not miss it."

"When you pray, move your lips to form the words, even if no sound comes out. Prayer is as much about intention as utterance."

"The greatest distance between two people is not physical space, but misunderstanding."

"Let a man radiate for 30 days the virtue he wants to acquire, and it will become his."

"If brothers dwell together and one of them is in need, the others are obliged to help him."

"The Lord did not give us the spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind."