The Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.
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.
- although attributed to St. Francis of Assisi, this prayer first appeared (written in French) in 1912
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience.
We are spiritual beings having a human experience.
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Where there is great love there are always miracles.
- Willa Cather
Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.
- St. Francis of Assisi
Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit.
- Sitting Bull
Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
You have to grow from the inside out.
None can teach you, none can make you spiritual.
There is no other teacher but your own soul.
- Swami Vivekananda
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
- St. Francis of Assisi
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