If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.
Francis of Assisi
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their fellow creatures. UNKNOWN If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want ... DAVID LIVINGSTONE You will kill 10 of our men, and we will kill 1 of yours, and in the end it will be you who tire of ... HO CHI MINH The greatest want of the world is the want of men - men who will not be bought or sold; men who in t... ELLEN G. WHITE Women love men for their defects; if men have enough of them, women will forgive them anything, even... OSCAR WILDE The aristocracy in the future is not one of wealth or university education, but the aristocracy of t... CHARLES M. SCHWAB When men destroy their old gods they will find new ones to take their place. PEARL S. BUCK You will therefore send me none but Natives, and Men of some property, if you have them. GEORGE WASHINGTON Be jealous of fellow men, but of those men who are pious - your fellow men who are honest, sincere a... MIZAN CHAUDHURY Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men. MARCUS GARVEY All successful employers are stalking men who will do the unusual, men who think, men who attract at... CHARLES M. SCHWAB In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in doing good to their fellow men. CICERO PRO LIGARIO Who are neither children nor gods, but men in a world of men! RUDYARD KIPLING GOD, give us men! A time like this demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hand... JOSIAH GILBERT HOLLAND The men who have furnished me with my greatest inspiration have not been men of wealth, but men of d... JAMES CASH PENNEY I feel, as never before, how justly, from the dawn of history to the present time, men have paid the... EDWARD EVERETT The paradox of vengefulness is that it makes men dependent upon those who have harmed them, believin... LAURA HILLENBRAND Take away the violence and who will hear the men of peace? LORRAINE HANSBERRY In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill will to any human being, and even compassionatin... JOHN QUINCY ADAMS In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill-will to any
human being, and even compassionati... JOHN QUINCY ADAMS In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill will to any human being, and even compassionatin... JOHN QUINCY ADAMS And you can't make a mistake when you are reading the Torah, so you have men standing around who... JAMI GERTZ I will appoint men and women to the Federal judiciary who share my view of unborn children as consti... GARY BAUER Men who love humanity have all dreamed at least once during their lives of bringing all their fellow... JEAN JACQUES GAUTIER I encourage all men - and all women who love their men - to make sure to get out every year, from th... MANDY PATINKIN Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affec... CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS My good fellow,” said Mesnil, stopping, “ever since the creation of the world there have been me... JULES BARBEY D'AUREVILLY We have to have a deep, patient compassion for the fears of men and irrational mania of those who ha... THOMAS MERTON If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will surely become worms. HENRY MILLER All men have need of the gods. HOMER The rate of syphilis increased 11 percent in men, from 2003 to 2004. There are clear signs that incr... JOHN DOUGLAS You can't compare men or women with mental disorders to the normal expectations of men and women in ... SHANNON L. ALDER Let men position you in the den, God will make you a Daniel in the den. Let men position you to face... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The giants of the race have been men of concentration, who have struck sledge-hammer blows in one pl... ORISON SWETT MARDEN The will of God, to which the law gives expression, is that men should defeat their enemies by lovin... DIETRICH BONHOEFFER Men who thought of themselves as gods fell the farthest, and the hardest. NENIA CAMPBELL Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it. POPE JOHN PAUL II Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on... POPE JOHN PAUL II Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry a... POPE JOHN PAUL II Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore... prove ultimate... POPE JOHN PAUL II I kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly moth... POPE JOHN PAUL II The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a pro... POPE JOHN PAUL II From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can ... POPE JOHN PAUL II Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song. POPE JOHN PAUL II An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded. POPE JOHN PAUL II Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it. POPE JOHN PAUL II The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and ... POPE JOHN PAUL II Today, for the first time in history, a Bishop of Rome sets foot on English soil. This fair land, on... POPE JOHN PAUL II Pervading nationalism imposes its dominion on man today in many different forms and with an aggressi... POPE JOHN PAUL II The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not d... POPE JOHN PAUL II To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the... POPE JOHN PAUL II Young people are threatened... by the evil use of advertising techniques that stimulate the natural ... POPE JOHN PAUL II When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law e... POPE JOHN PAUL II You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day t... POPE JOHN PAUL II The future starts today, not tomorrow. POPE JOHN PAUL II The unworthy successor of Peter who desires to benefit from the immeasurable wealth of Christ feels ... POPE JOHN PAUL II Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create. POPE JOHN PAUL II Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift, which unites the spouses and b... POPE JOHN PAUL II The United Nations organization has proclaimed 1979 as the Year of the Child. Are the children to re... POPE JOHN PAUL II Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men. POPE JOHN PAUL II Have no fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with you, ther... POPE JOHN PAUL II There are people and nations, Mother, that I would like to say to you by name. I entrust them to you... POPE JOHN PAUL II I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin. POPE JOHN PAUL II Is that not the Promethean fable, that the fire stolen from the gods will light men their way even w... ZIA HAIDER RAHMAN I get a lot of cracks about my hair, mostly from men who don't have any. ANN RICHARDS If you want to feel the life and the body of great men who are long gone, go to their tombs or monum... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will loo... LEONARDO DA VINCI A rarer spirit neverDid steer humanity; but you, gods, will give usSome faults to make us men. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE All soldiers who serve their country and put their lives at risk need to know that if something happ... JEFF SESSIONS If you kneel before God, you will stand before men. LEONARD RAVENHILL Men who do not forgive women their little faults will never enjoy their great virtues. KAHLIL GIBRAN All men will commence in their present rank and promotion will be open to all men alike, without any... JOHN AMERY A man who does something bad will be judged by men and by God. A man who does something good will be... DANIEL MELGAçO Happiness and peace will come to earth only as the light of love and human compassion enter the soul... DAVID O. MCKAY Spring comes with flowers, autumn with the moon, summer with the breeze, winter with snow. When idl... WU-MEN Spring comes with flowers, autumn with the moon, summer with the breeze, winter with snow. When id... WU-MEN Who Let The Dogs Out? BAHA MEN It's a Small World BAHA MEN Heaven never helps the men who will not act. SOPHOCLES Heaven never helps the men who will not act. SYDNEY SMITH Wherever a man goes, men will pursue him and paw him with their dirty institutions, and, if they can... HENRY DAVID THOREAU Drowning men will drag you down if you let them. Sometimes, to survive, you have to let them sink. JOHN CONNOLLY Have you not seen those who have become hypocrites? They say to those of their brethren who disbelie... QURAN If you learn from many wise men who disagree one another, you will find that there are many wis... TOBA BETA I have learned from an early age to abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as... LEONARDO DA VINCI Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will alwa... NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI It is becoming impossible for those who mix with their fellow men to believe that the grace of God i... W. R. INGE The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to ... HERBERT N. CASSON The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to... HERBERT N. CASSON The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to ... ROBERT BURTON Time, and time again. I have watched my fellow man stumble and fall. I fear these words will fail th... ENRIQUE VEGA Show us a man who never makes a mistake and we will show you a man who never makes anything. The cap... H. L. WAYLAND Men of honour will always outstay men of undeserved rank. A.H. SEPTIMIUS
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FRANCIS OF ASSISI I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone. ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where these is hatred, let me sow love. ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. Where there is patience and ... ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI For it is in giving that we receive. ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI Preach the gospel to all the world, and if necessary, use words ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI You damned spirits! You can only do what the hand of God allows you to do ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI Where there is injury let me sow pardon. ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you... ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self. ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI Not to hurt our humble brethren (the animals) is our first duty to them, but to stop there is not en... SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is in... ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI What we are looking for is what is looking. ST FRANCIS ASSISI It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our
walking is our preaching. ST FRANCIS ASSISI I have been all things unholy; if God can work through me, He can work
through anyone. ST FRANCIS ASSISI We become what we love and who we love shapes what we become. If we love things, we become a thing. ... ST. CLARE OF ASSISI Whoever comes to you, friend or foe, thief or robber, let them be received with kindness. ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI (EARLIER RULE 7) Do not be disturbed or angered at another's sin or evil, rather, spiritually help the one who has si... ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI (EARLIER RULE 5) Financial aid is a legacy and a justice due to the poor that our Lord Jesus Christ acquired for us. ... ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI (EARLIER RULE 9) Not to hurt our humble brethren in fur, feather or fin, is our first duty to them, but to stop there... FRANCISOF ASSISI We must visit churches frequently and venerate and revere the clergy - not so much for themselves, i... ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI (LETTER TO THE FAITHFUL II Every woman and every man is God the Father's wife when the faithful soul is joined to our Lord Jesu... ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI (LETTER TO THE FAITHFUL I God wishes all of us to be saved through Jesus the Son and to receive Him with our pure heart and ou... ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI (LETTER TO THE FAITHFULL II Every woman and every man is the mother of God when we carry Jesus in our heart and body through a d... ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI (LETTER TO THE FAITHFUL I Most High, glorious God, enlighten the darkness of my heart and give me true faith, certain hope, an... ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI (THE PRAYER BEFORE THE CRUCIFIX Good actions get good results in time. ST. FRANCIS OF ASISSI If God is real, I'm going to be sadly disappointed in Science... FRANCIS “Everytime Illegal Immigration is brought up in the Good 'Ol U.S. of part of America, 'Native Amer... FRANCIS Family ain't blood or sharing a last name, Family are those who treat you like it. FRANCIS Humans come equipped with Bullshit. FRANCIS Our thoughts and dreams make this world, and reality is only as true as we perceive it to be. FRANCIS Friends let friends wear purple. FRANCIS It prolly' subscribes to some type of Personal Jesus, otherworldly devices, or a Higher Power... FRANCIS Mensa, n. Head case with delusions of grandeur. FRANCIS With deep affection
And recollection
I often think of
Those Shandon bells,
Whose... FATHER PROUT (PSEUDONYM OF FRANCIS SYLVESTER MAHONY) There is a stone there,
That whoever kisses,
Oh! he never misses
To grow eloquent.
... FATHER PROUT (PSEUDONYM OF FRANCIS SYLVESTER MAHONY) We should not think of money as having any greater usefulness than stones. ST. FRANCIS OF ASISSI (EARLIER RULE 8) Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority. FRANCIS BACON Religion has the right to express its opinion in the service of the people, but God in creation has ... POPE FRANCIS The worship of the golden calf of old has found a new and heartless image in the cult of money and t... POPE FRANCIS Woman is always fickle - foolish is he who trusts her. FRANCIS I Right now, we don't have a very good relation with creation. POPE FRANCIS If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world. FRANCIS BACON A little bit of mercy makes the world less cold and more just. POPE FRANCIS There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not tr... FRANCIS BACON Abortion isn't a lesser evil, it's a crime. Taking one life to save another, that's what... POPE FRANCIS Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity... FRANCIS BACON In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. FRANCIS BACON Money has to serve, not to rule. POPE FRANCIS Find new ways to spread the word of God to every corner of the world. POPE FRANCIS We all have the duty to do good. POPE FRANCIS From my point of view, God is the light that illuminates the darkness, even if it does not dissolve ... POPE FRANCIS In the Western Church to which I belong, priests cannot be married as in the Byzantine, Ukrainian, R... POPE FRANCIS When we walk without the cross, when we build without the cross and when we proclaim Christ without ... POPE FRANCIS The Church is or should go back to being a community of God's people, and priests, pastors and b... POPE FRANCIS Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do giv... FRANCIS BACON I actually do not believe that there are any collisions between what I believe as a Christian, and w... FRANCIS COLLINS We should be the natural home for the millions of Britons of immigrant origin. But we're not. Be... FRANCIS MAUDE I remember being in Atlantic City once when I was 18 or 19, and a sea of people were screaming and p... GENIE FRANCIS Know you what it is to be a child? It is to be something very different from the man of to-day. It i... FRANCIS THOMPSON Our God and Souldiers we alike adore,Evn at the Brink of danger; not before:After deliverance, both ... FRANCIS QUARLES Between my head and my hand, there is always the face of death. FRANCIS PICABIA Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him... FRANCIS BACON To become a thoroughly good man is the best prescription for keeping a sound mind and a sound body... FRANCIS BOWEN I could fill my whole time doing interviews, speaking to crowds, and there's this natural human ... FRANCIS CHAN The people of God want pastors, not clergy acting like bureaucrats or government officials. POPE FRANCIS Manchester was a fantastic place to go out in. There were 10 clubs with world-class cabaret and come... FRANCIS LEE My soul is more at rest from the tempter when I am busily employed. FRANCIS ASBURY We were soon free of the woods and bushes, and fairly upon the broad prairie. FRANCIS PARKMAN If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with d... FRANCIS BACON Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible. FRANCIS BACON Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider... FRANCIS BACON Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. FRANCIS BACON The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses. FRANCIS BACON Not a breath of air stirred over the free and open prairie; the clouds were like light piles of cott... FRANCIS PARKMAN Religion brought forth riches, and the daughter devoured the
mother.
[Lat., Religio peperit divit... FRANCIS BACON The greatest vicissitude of things amongst men, is the
vicissitude of sects and religions. FRANCIS BACON There was never law, or set, or opinion did so much magnify
goodness, as the Christian religion dot... FRANCIS BACON But no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage
ground of Truth. FRANCIS BACON The general root of superstition is that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss, and co... FRANCIS BACON Maybe men are separated from each other only by the degree of their misery. FRANCIS PICABIA A little philosophy inclineth men's minds to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds ... FRANCIS BACON Knowledge is ancient error reflecting on its youth. FRANCIS PICABIA A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. FRANCIS BACON Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set. FRANCIS BACON Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they
are incensed or crushed. FRANCIS BACON Destiny is not a matter of chance; but a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, It is... FRANCIS CRAWFORD In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea fir... FRANCIS DARWIN There is no expeditious road
To pack and label men for God,
And save them by the barrel-load.
... FRANCIS THOMPSON Know you what it is to be a child? It is to be something very different from the man of to-day. It i... FRANCIS THOMPSON Nothing begins, and nothing ends, That is not paid with moan; For we are born in others' pain ... FRANCIS THOMPSON Nothing destroys authority so much as the unequal and untimely interchange of power, pressed too far... FRANCIS BACON One of the Seven was wont to say: "That laws were like cobwebs;
where the small flies were caught,... FRANCIS BACON We cannot command nature except by obeying her. FRANCIS BACON Vain-glorious men are the scorn of the wise, the admiration of fools, the idols of paradise, and the... FRANCIS BACON We must not reduce the bosom of the universal church to a nest protecting our mediocrity. POPE FRANCIS Meditation is the life of the soul: Action, the soul of meditation. and honor the reward of action. FRANCIS QUARLES Young men are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for
execution than for counsel; and fitter for... FRANCIS BACON Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent; be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot de... FRANCIS QUARLES Riches are a good handmaiden, but the worst mistress. FRANCIS BACON Wisdom not only gets, but once got, retains. FRANCIS QUARLES That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end. FRANCIS QUARLES The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving... FRANCIS QUARLES God invented concubinage, Satan marriage. FRANCIS PICABIA To say that you can kill in the name of God is blasphemy. POPE FRANCIS For knowledge, too, is itself a power.
[Lat., Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est.] FRANCIS BACON Knowledge bloweth up, but charity buildeth up. FRANCIS BACON Knowledge and human power are synonymous, since the ignorance of
the cause frustrates the effect. FRANCIS BACON For all knowledge and wonder (which is the seed of knowledge) is
an impression of pleasure in itsel... FRANCIS BACON If we do not maintain Justice, Justice will not maintain us. FRANCIS BACON Men have always need of god! A god to defend them against other men.. FRANCIS PICABIA The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number. FRANCIS HUTCHESON Anger may repast with thee for an hour, but not repose for a night; the continuance of anger is ha... QUARLES FRANCIS So that every wand or staff of empire is forsooth curved at top.
[Lat., Adeo ut omnes imperii virg... FRANCIS BACON States are great engines moving slowly. FRANCIS BACON They that deny a God destroy man's nobility; for certainly man is
of kin to the beasts by his body;... FRANCIS BACON All beliefs are bald ideas. FRANCIS PICABIA Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and soli... FRANCIS BACON Education is too important to be left solely to the educators. FRANCIS KEPPEL