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The vocation of being a 'protector' [. . .] means protecting all creation, the beauty of the created world, as the Book of Genesis tells… — Pope Francis
Francis Wheen takes a hugely enjoyable sweep through the tangled thickets of superstition and gullibility in which modern man likes to ramble. He takes particular… — Ferdinand Mount
Others too would occasionally entertain and privately express such doubts; though we all had been most solemnly warned by the cruel murder of Saint Francis. — Maria Monk
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
Let us remember with devotion that the flag we love and honor is the flag of freedom that flew in victory at Yorktown, the flag… — Ronald Reagan
At the very simplest, I think as Van Gogh said and St Francis would have said, we must find nature. Just to be in the… — Michael Leunig
Pope Francis insists that mercy is at the very top of the Christian hierarchy of great truths, and everything falls apart whenever mercy is displaced… — Richard Rohr
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
...Francis Galton, founder of the eugenics (master race) movement which continues today under the heading of 'population control'. — David Icke
But I find with Francis Bacon, some of the things were in the place, and someone who was connected with these schools of thought, and… — Mark Rylance
In a world characterized by loneliness and despair, we can reach out in love to those around us. Or, as St. Francis once said, we… — Phil Callaway
Fortunately, however, birds don't understand pep talks. Not even St. Francis'. Just imagine, he went on, preaching sermons to perfectly good thrushes and goldfinches and… — Aldous Huxley
...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
I like Francis Bacon best, because Francis Bacon has terrific problems, and he knows that he is not going to solve them, but he knows… — Louise Bourgeois
Even in my own church I heard the words, 'Francis Chan' more than I heard the words, 'Holy Spirit.' — Francis Chan
My trainer, George Francis, used to train a lot of African boxers. They're hungry guys, man. They've got no trainers, got nothing. They're so hungry… — Frank Bruno
The traditions of a nation are very important and the anthem written by Francis Scott Key in the early days of our nation should always… — Lee Greenwood
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
It's not name dropping, but not many people can say, like me, that they spent the day with the likes of Francis Bacon or that… — Jeffrey Bernard
I have always credited the writer of the original material above the title: Mario Puzo's The Godfather, Bram Stoker's Dracula, or John Grisham's The Rainmaker.… — Francis Ford Coppola
I think the Lord's Prayer is a very powerful prayer. And the prayer of St. Francis. — Dennis Kucinich
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. But there is no true peace without truth! There cannot be true peace if… — Pope Francis
My existence was never a Francis Ford Coppola existence. — Victoria Gotti

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