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“Sanctify yourself and you will sanctify society.”

Francis of Assisi (1182–1226) Catholic saint and founder of the Franciscan Order

“Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.”

Francis of Assisi (1182–1226) Catholic saint and founder of the Franciscan Order

“A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.”

Francis of Assisi (1182–1226) Catholic saint and founder of the Franciscan Order

“We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen apart, and to bring home those who have lost their way.”

Francis of Assisi (1182–1226) Catholic saint and founder of the Franciscan Order

“True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.”

Francis of Assisi (1182–1226) Catholic saint and founder of the Franciscan Order

“If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.”

Francis of Assisi (1182–1226) Catholic saint and founder of the Franciscan Order

“I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, He can work through anyone.”

Francis of Assisi (1182–1226) Catholic saint and founder of the Franciscan Order

“For it is in giving that we receive.”

Francis of Assisi (1182–1226) Catholic saint and founder of the Franciscan Order

“Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.”

Francis of Assisi (1182–1226) Catholic saint and founder of the Franciscan Order

The Counsels of the Holy Father St. Francis, Admonition 27.
Context: Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. Where there is patience and humility, there is neither anger nor vexation. Where there is poverty and joy, there is neither greed nor avarice. Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.

“No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves.”

Francis of Assisi (1182–1226) Catholic saint and founder of the Franciscan Order

“While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.”

Francis of Assisi (1182–1226) Catholic saint and founder of the Franciscan Order

“He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist.”

Francis of Assisi (1182–1226) Catholic saint and founder of the Franciscan Order

This quote was actually composed by Louis Nizer, and published in his book, Between You and Me (1948).
Misattributed
Variant: He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist.

“Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.”

Epicurus (-341–-269 BC) ancient Greek philosopher

“Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.”

Epicurus (-341–-269 BC) ancient Greek philosopher

“If you reject absolutely any single sensation without stopping to discriminate with respect to that which awaits confirmation between matter of opinion and that which is already present, whether in sensation or in feelings or in any immediate perception of the mind, you will throw into confusion even the rest of your sensations by your groundless belief and so you will be rejecting the standard of truth altogether. If in your ideas based upon opinion you hastily affirm as true all that awaits confirmation as well as that which does not, you will not escape error, as you will be maintaining complete ambiguity whenever it is a case of judging between right and wrong opinion.”

Epicurus (-341–-269 BC) ancient Greek philosopher

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“Of our desires some are natural and necessary, others are natural but not necessary; and others are neither natural nor necessary, but are due to groundless opinion.”

Epicurus (-341–-269 BC) ancient Greek philosopher

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“It is impossible for someone to dispel his fears about the most important matters if he doesn't know the nature of the universe but still gives some credence to myths. So without the study of nature there is no enjoyment of pure pleasure.”

Epicurus (-341–-269 BC) ancient Greek philosopher

12 <br class="br">Variant translation: One cannot rid himself of his primal fears if he does not understand the nature of the universe, but instead suspects the truth of some mythical story. So without the study of nature, there can be no enjoyment of pure pleasure. http://www.epicurus.info/etexts/PD.html <br class="br">Sovereign Maxims

“The flesh receives as unlimited the limits of pleasure; and to provide it requires unlimited time. But the mind, intellectually grasping what the end and limit of the flesh is, and banishing the terrors of the future, procures a complete and perfect life, and we have no longer any need of unlimited time. Nevertheless the mind does not shun pleasure, and even when circumstances make death imminent, the mind does not lack enjoyment of the best life.”

Epicurus (-341–-269 BC) ancient Greek philosopher

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“We must consider both the ultimate end and all clear sensory evidence, to which we refer our opinions; for otherwise everything will be full of uncertainty and confusion.”

Epicurus (-341–-269 BC) ancient Greek philosopher

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“Luxurious food and drinks, in no way protect you from harm. Wealth beyond what is natural, is no more use than an overflowing container. Real value is not generated by theaters, and baths, perfumes or ointments, but by philosophy.”

Epicurus (-341–-269 BC) ancient Greek philosopher

From the esplanade wall at Oenoanda, now in Turkey, as recorded by Diogenes of Oenoanda