Francis of Assisi

Praised be You, my Lord, through our Sister, Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us, producing varied fruits with coloured flowers and herbs. ”

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. ”

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

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. ”

Holy wisdom confounds Satan and all his wickednesses. ”

Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh. ”

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

Holy charity confounds all diabolical and fleshly temptations and all fleshly fears. ”