27 quotes found
“History is idle gossip about a happening whose truth is lost the instant it has taken place.”
“The malice of a true Christian attempting to destroy an opponent is something unique in the world. No other religion ever considered it necessary to destroy others because they did not share the sa...”
“Even a child could see the division between what the Galileans [i.e., Christians] say they believe and what, in fact, they do believe, as demonstrated by their actions. A religion of brotherhood an...”
“I felt sorry for the inhabitants and went into the forest to admonish the wolf in God's name not to eat any more sheep. I called him, he cameand do you know what his answer was? 'Francis, Francis,'...”
“It is impossible for me to remember how many days or weeks went by in this way. Time is round, and it rolls quickly.”
“You know all about love, but that is not enough. You must also learn that hate comes from God as well, that it too is in the Lord's service. And in times like these, with the world fallen to the st...”
“But like so many others nowadays, poor Julian wanted to believe that man's life is profoundly more significant than it is. His sickness was the sickness of our age. We want so much not to be exting...”
“In order to mount to heaven, you used the Inferno to give you momentum. "The further down you gain your momentum," you often used to tell me, "the higher you shall be able to reach. The militant Ch...”
“My route, Sior Francisand don't be surprised when you hear itmy route when I set out to find God... was... laziness. Yes, laziness. If I wasn't lazy I would have gone the way of respectable, upstan...”
“Madness, Brother Masseo, is the salt which prevents good sense from rotting.”
“Forgetting himself for a moment, Francis brought his hand out from under his frock in order to bless the multitude. When the people saw his wound they bellowed madly. The women dashed forward with ...”
“...is not all philosophy but preparation for a serene dying?”
“Because what God wants, that, and only that, is also what we wantbut we don't know it. God comes and awakens our souls, revealing to them their real, though unknown, desire. This is the secret, Bro...”
“A court is the most depressing place on earth. Wherever there is a throne, one may observe in rich detail every folly and wickedness of which man is capable, enameled with manners and gilded with h...”
“But how can anyone put a bridle on man's vanity and arrogance? But how can Purity walk the earth without covering her feet with mud?”
“Far more important than being the first, be willing to settle for the best.”
“Thy designs are a bottomless pit. How can I descend into this pit to examine it? Thou lookest thousands of years into the future and then Thou judgest. What today seems an injustice to man's minute...”
“It's possible to save oneself from Satan, Father Francis, but from mennever!”
