Francis of Assisi Quotes

Harmony is one phase of the law whose spiritual expression is love.

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world.

Life is too short to harbor any hostilities towards anybody.

I left in love, in laughter, and in truth, and wherever truth, love and laughter abide, I am there in spirit.

When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.

I think I am a very kind person. I think I'm joyful, but I could be kinder and I could be more joyful. I do believe peace is a state of grace, and not the absence of violence.

Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of turmoil he has created through his past ways of life, with all those material interests and earthly ambitions.

Love lights more fires than hate extinguishes, and men grow better as the world grows old.

We experience God to the extent to which we love, forgive, and focus on the good in others and ourselves.

To spread love, healing, peace, and joy is my mission in life - and so I speak up.

Know that truth, forgiveness, and love can heal the world. Imagine if all of us could be truthful with ourselves, start forgiving everyone, and start loving everyone. We would no longer be selfish, gossiping would be over, and we would no longer judge one another. The world would become a place where all of us live in love.

Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it towards others. And the more peace there is in us, the more peace there will be in our troubled world.

A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility. It is a foundation for the development of such virtues as prayer, faith, courage, contentment, happiness, love, and well-being.

Where ever the spirit of Christ is known, there is much of good will, of mutual respect, of love and appreciation and kindness.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.

Love one another and you will be happy. It's as simple and as difficult as that.

The way of peace is the way of love. Love is the greatest power on earth. It conquers all things.

Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs.

Could we forbear dispute, and practise love, We should agree as angels do above.

At this point in my life I'd like to live as if only love mattered.

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

Love grounds you. It orients you. Love brings your awareness to others and yourself. Love opens your mind and heart to others and yourself. Love settles you and gives you balance.

Be a force of love as often as you can and turn away negative thoughts whenever you feel them surface.

I want, of course, peace, grace, and beauty. How do you do that? You work for it.