Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
Francis of AssisiEverything in man should halt in awe...Let all the world quake and let Heaven exult when Christ the Son of the living God is there on the altar.
Francis of AssisiA promise is a child of the understanding and the will; the understanding begets it, the will brings it forth.
Francis of AssisiIt is good to read the testimonies of Scripture; it is good to seek the Lord our God in them. As for me, however, I have already made so much of Scripture my own that I have more than enough to meditate on and turn over in my mind. I need no more . .. I know Christ, the poor crucified One.
Francis of Assisi