Quotes from Saint Francis of Assisi

Grant that we may not so much seek to be understood as to understand.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

When we pray to God we must be seeking nothing — nothing.

Love is he, radiant with great splendor,And speaks to us of Thee, O Most High.

Praise to thee, my Lord, for all thy creatures,Above all Brother SunWho brings us the day and lends us his light.

O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console to be understood as to understand to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive it is in pardoning that we are pardoned and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

People who work with their hands are laborers. People who work with their hands and their heads are craftsmen. People who work with their hands, their heads, and their hearts are artists

Start by doing what's necessary then do what's possible and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

A man who works with his hands is a labourer. A man who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. A man who works with his haands, his head, and his heart is an artist.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek To be consoled, as to console; Not so much to be understood as To understand; not so much to be Loved as to love; For it is in giving that we receive; It is in pardoning, that we are pardoned

Start by doing what is necessary, then do what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

Start by doing what's necessary then what's possible and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.