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St francis of assisi Quotes

10 quotes from 10 authors

If you’re drawn to St. Francis of Assisi’s wisdom, these ten quotes offer a glimpse of his view that the world bears a wound we’re called to heal. They move from seeing the whole universe in a single object to a healer’s role. You might also check out Christian mysticism, environmental stewardship, or meditative insight.

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St. Francis of assisi

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Three highballs, and I think I'm St. Francis of Assisi.

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St. Francis of Assisi taught me that there is a wound in the Creation and that the greatest use we could make…

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Like dear St. Francis of Assisi I am wedded to Poverty: but in my case the marriage is not a success.

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I would just like to remember some words of St. Francis of Assisi which I think are really just particularly apt at…

Margaret Thatcher

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St. Francis of Assisi was hoeing his garden when someone asked what he would do if he were suddenly to learn that…

Francis of Assisi

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“The servants of God who had been a besieged garrison became a marching army; the ways of the world were filled as…

G.K. Chesterton

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“O Lord of love and kindness, who created the beautiful earth and all the creatures walking and flying in it, so that…

Daphne Sheldrick

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...Ethics has not only to do with mankind but with the animal creation as well. This is witnessed in the purpose of…

Albert Schweitzer

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The whole story of the universe is implicit in any part of it. The meditative eye can look through any single object…

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