The Writings of St. Francis of Assisi Quotes

“Where there is charity and wisdom there is neither fear nor ignorance. Where there is patience and humility there is neither anger nor worry.”
― Francis of Assisi, The Writings of St. Francis of Assisi

“A man sins who wishes to receive more from his neighbor than he is himself willing to give to the Lord God.”
― Francis of Assisi, The Writings of St. Francis of Assisi

“Let us keep ourselves from the wisdom of this world, and the prudence of the flesh; for the spirit of the world wishes and cares much for words, but little for work; and it seeks not religion and interior sanctity of spirit, but wishes and desires a religion and sanctity appearing from without to men.”
― Francis of Assisi, The Writings of St. Francis of Assisi

“all my brothers, preachers, prayers, or laborers, both clerics and laics, that they study to humble themselves in all things and that they”
― Francis of Assisi, The Writings of St. Francis of Assisi