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“The adoration of Christ had been a part of the man's passionate nature for a long time past. But the imitation of Christ, as a sort of plan or ordered scheme of life, in that sense may be said to begin here.”
― St. Francis of Assisi
― St. Francis of Assisi

“Love is not a weakness. It's the bravest act of our lives.”
― American Girl: Memories That Made Me
― American Girl: Memories That Made Me

“it needed ten times more courage to look after a leper than to fight for the crown of Sicily”
― St. Francis of Assisi
― St. Francis of Assisi

“He was, to the last agonies of asceticism, a Troubadour. He was a Lover. He was a lover of God and he was really and truly a lover of men; possibly a much rarer mystical vocation.”
― St. Francis of Assisi
― St. Francis of Assisi

“Up to this time I have called Pietro Bernadone father, but now I am the servant of God. Not only the money but everything that can be called his I will restore to my father, even the very clothes he has given me.”
― St. Francis of Assisi
― St. Francis of Assisi

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