Saint Francis of Assisi Quotes

“Our capitalistic society emphasizes pulling oneself up by one’s own bootstraps and making one’s own way to the top of the economic ladder, or as high as one can possibly reach. While there is nothing inherently wrong with making a legitimate and honest living, the emphasis on individuality that pervades our society often causes people to overlook the plight of the poor or even to believe that the poor owe their impoverished state to their own purported laziness. While this may be true of some of the poor, it is not fair to make sweeping judgments that allege all of the poor to be slothful parasites who live off taxpayers’ hard-earned money.”
― Wyatt North, Saint Francis of Assisi: A Life Inspired

“Consumerism promises happiness, as if the acquisition of novel technologies, exciting vehicles, and spacious homes were capable of satisfying all the wants of the human heart. Many people today have traded out church attendance on Sundays for shopping in malls. Name brands become patron saints, and vendors become idolized; greed is sated, and mammon is worshipped, while the poor are left to starve and die in the streets.”
― Wyatt North, Saint Francis of Assisi: A Life Inspired

“Christians are always to preach the Gospel, but to use words only when necessary. This saying sums up rather well his attitude toward preaching: one’s way of life, rather than words, was to be one’s primary testimony of Christ.”
― Wyatt North, Saint Francis of Assisi: A Life Inspired