Assisi Quotes

16 quotes by 14 authors

Like dear St. Francis of Assisi I am wedded to Poverty: but in my case the marriage is not a success. — Oscar Wilde
The rich fop Francis of Assisi was bored all his life-until he fell in love with Christ and gave all his stuff away and became… — Peter Kreeft
I would just like to remember some words of St. Francis of Assisi which I think are really just particularly apt at the moment. 'Where… — Margaret Thatcher
St. Francis of Assisi was hoeing his garden when someone asked what he would do if he were suddenly to learn that he would die… — Francis of Assisi
The vocation of being a 'protector' [. . .] means protecting all creation, the beauty of the created world, as the Book of Genesis tells… — Pope Francis
One of the greatest sermons ever pronounced on missionary work is this simple thought attributed to Saint Francis of Assisi: 'Preach the gospel at all… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
The process of my transformation came to a head with my discovery of St. Francis of Assisi during a pilgrimage I went on with a… — Abbe Pierre
St. Francis of Assisi taught me that there is a wound in the Creation and that the greatest use we could make of our lives… — Alan Paton
...Ethics has not only to do with mankind but with the animal creation as well. This is witnessed in the purpose of St. Francis of… — Albert Schweitzer
As for the spirit of poverty, I do not remember any moment when it was not in me, although only to that unhappily small extent… — Simone Weil
The greatest artists, saints, philosophers, and, until quite recent times, scientists... have all assumed that the New Testament promise of eternal life is valid.... I'd… — Malcolm Muggeridge
Francis of Assisi tells us we should work to build peace.Â But there is no true peace without truth!Â There cannot be true peace if… — Pope Francis
Feast of Clare of Assisi, Founder of the Order of Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253 Commemoration of John Henry Newman, Priest, Teacher, Tractarian, 1890 It is… — John Henry Newman
The good Bishop of Assisi expressed a sort of horror at the hard life which the Little Brothers lived at the Portiuncula, without comforts, without… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The religious geniuses of all ages have been distinguished by this kind of religious feeling, which knows no dogma and no God conceived in man's… — Albert Einstein
One cannot imagine St. Francis of Assisi talking about rights. — Simone Weil

Who Wrote These Assisi Quotes

14 authors contributed a total of 16 Assisi Quotes as follows: