Quotes about Francis

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Fear not the path of Truth for the lack of People walking on it. — Robert F. Kennedy
Sanctify yourself and you will sanctify society. — Francis of Assisi
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not — a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
The rich fop Francis of Assisi was bored all his life―until he fell in love with Christ and gave all his stuff away and — Peter Kreeft, Jesus-Shock
So this is where all the vapid talk about the 'soul' of the universe is actually headed. Once the hard-won principles of — Christopher Hitchens
Inspirations never go in for long engagements — they demand immediate marriage to action.
Christ is certainly distressed to see and to hear priests and bishops, who ought to be protecting the integrity of the t — Robert Sarah, The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise
Now, celebrations become tiring because they unfold in noisy chattering. The liturgy is sick. The most striking symptom — Robert Sarah, The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise
The key question, it seemed to him, was that of whether man was to obey Nature, or attempt to command her. It had been a — Paul Bowles, The Spider's House
It's an odd thing, but anyone who disappears is said to be seen in San Francisco.It must be a delightful city and posses — Oscar Wilde
All I want is to sleep--to dream. Life is better in dreams. — Christina Westover, Poisoning Sylvie
We must realize that the Reformation world view leads in the direction of government freedom. But the humanist world vie — Francis A. Schaeffer
The basic problem of the Christians in this country in the last eighty years or so, in regard to society and in regard t — Francis A. Schaeffer, A Christian Manifesto
The matter of sedition is of two kinds: much poverty and much discontentment....The causes and motives of sedition are, — Will Durant, The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers
The paintings of Francis Bacon to my eye are very beautiful. The paintings of Bosch or Goya are to my eye very beautiful — Clive Barker
The more you love,the more love you have to give.It's the only feeling we have which is infinite... — Christina Westover, Precipice
Great art is always a way of concentrating, reinventing what is called fact, what we know of our existence- a reconcentr — Francis Bacon
I thought of the cool, fresh air of the city I'd always dreamed of living in. The art museums and trolleys and the myste — Heather Demetrios, I'll Meet You There
I've never been somewhere I belonged, but there are places where I think I could be happy. Like San Francisco. Well, do — Heather Demetrios, I'll Meet You There
I have seen purer liquors, better segars, finer tobacco, truer guns and pistols, larger dirks and bowie knives, and pret — Hinton Helper