Action Quote by Francis of Assisi

“What is it that stands higher than words? Action. What is it that stands higher than action? Silence.” quote by Francis of Assisi — Download Open image

“What is it that stands higher than words? Action. What is it that stands higher than action? Silence.”

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Be Thou praised, my Lord, of our Sister Mother Earth, which sustains and hath us in rule, and produces divers fruits with coloured flowers…

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...In this world I cannot see the Most High Son of God with my own eyes, except for His Most Holy Body and Blood.

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God could not have chosen anyone less qualified, or more of a sinner, than myself. And so, for this wonderful work He intends to…

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Don't change the world, change worlds.

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A man has only so much knowledge as he puts to work.

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Woe to those who die in mortal sin!

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I believe that You, O Jesus, are in the most holy Sacrament. I love You and desire You. Come into my heart. I embrace You. Oh, never leave me. May the burning and most sweet power of Your love, O Lord Jesus Christ, I beseech You, absorb my mind that I may die through love of Your love, Who were…

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Be patient in trials, watchful in prayer, and never cease working.

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It was easy to love God in all that was beautiful. The lessons of deeper knowledge, though, instructed me to embrace God in all…

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There is absolutely no man in the whole world who can possess one among you unless he first die.

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