Attitude about possessions…
You cannot all abandon your possessions, but at least you can change your attitude about them. All getting separates you from others; all giving unites to others.
–Saint Francis of Assisi (1181–1226)
Be patient because…
Be patient, because the weaknesses of the body are given to us in this world by God for the salvation of the soul. So they are of great merit when they are borne patiently.
–Saint Francis of Assisi (1181–1226)
Do not be angered…
Do not be disturbed or angered at another’s sin or evil, rather, spiritually help the one who has sinned as best you can, because those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do.
–Saint Francis of Assisi (1181–1226)
Perfectly ready heart…
For a heart to be perfectly ready it has to be perfectly empty. In this condition it has attained its maximum capacity.
–Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)
Knowledge of scripture…
How could one live without the knowledge of Scripture, through which one learns to know Christ himself, who is the life of believers?
–Saint Jerome (c. 340-420)
Shun a cleric…
Shun, as you would the plague, a cleric who from being poor has become wealthy, or who, from being nobody has become a celebrity.
–Saint Jerome (c. 340-420)
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