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If God be infinitely holy, just, and good, He must take delight in those creatures that resemble Him most in these perfections. — Francis Atterbury

I cannot imagine a Christian who does not know how to smile. May we joyfully witness to our faith. — Pope Francis

Princes are like heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil times, and which have much veneration, but no rest. — Francis Bacon

Some think, excuse me if I use the word, that in order to be good Catholics, we have to be like rabbits - but no. — Pope Francis

Time is the greatest innovator. — Francis Bacon

...to think biblically rather than conventionally, to be part of a body where radical living is becoming the norm. — Francis Chan

Races are very often invented from ignorance, or for very evil purposes. — Francis Lieber

Man remembers and combines but does not create. — Richard Francis Burton

All good moral philosophy is ... but the handmaid to religion. — Francis Bacon

Do not be afraid to go and to bring Christ into every area of life, to the fringes of society, even to those who seem farthest away, most indifferent. — Pope Francis

With God, nothing is lost; but without him, everything is lost. — Pope Francis

Let us contemplate the humility of the Son of God born into poverty. Let us imitate him by sharing with those who are weak. — Pope Francis

Long works are too often like long sermons which end in fatigue. — Francis Grierson

Let us pray for peace in Africa, especially in the Central African Republic and in South Sudan. — Pope Francis

We see that there are two worms that eat the fabric of the Church, weakening Her. Rivalry and vainglory go against this harmony, this agreement. — Pope Francis

Everyone must be a missionary, everyone can hear that call of Jesus and go forth and proclaim the Kingdom! — Pope Francis

Let us ask the Holy Spirit for the grace to live daily according to the mind of Jesus and his Gospel. — Pope Francis

A photograph gives us the naked truth,which has to be clothed by the imagination. — Francis Meadow Sutcliffe

He prays well who is so absorbed with God that he does not know he is praying. — Saint Francis De Sales

Inspirations never go in for long engagements; they demand immediate marriage to action. — Brendan Francis Brown

The understanding must not therefore be supplied with wings, but rather hung with weights, to keep it from leaping and flying. — Francis Bacon

It is better to have a Church that is wounded but out in the streets than a Church that is sick because it is closed in on itself. — Pope Francis

The Church is a mother, not an entrepreneur. — Pope Francis

When a boy writes off the world, it's done with sloppy misspelled words, if / a girl writes off the world it's done in cursive? — Sage Francis

If we are to know the Lord, we must go to Him. Listen to Him in silence before the Tabernacle and approach Him in the Sacraments. — Pope Francis

The thing the Church needs most today is the ability to heal wounds and to warm the hearts of the faithful. — Pope Francis

Jesus is the one who brings God to us and us to God. — Pope Francis

Practicing charity is the best way to evangelize. — Pope Francis

The 'Church' is ... catholic because her communion embraces the whole human race. — Pope Francis

Sunday is the Lord's Day. Let us find time to be with him. — Pope Francis

If I ever went to Paris,' said Francis, unexpectedly pensive, 'I think I would be very happy ... — Jack Kerouac

The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses. — Francis Bacon

If my people look as if they're in a dreadful fix, it's because I can't get them out of a technical dilemma. — Francis Bacon

A forbidden writing is thought to be a certain spark of truth, that flies up in the face of them who seek to tread it out. — Francis Bacon

Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses. — Francis Bacon

You pray for the hungry. Then you feed them. That's how prayer works. — Pope Francis

Let us ask Mary to help us fix our eyes intently on Jesus, to follow him always, even when this is demanding. — Pope Francis

There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust. — Saint Francis De Sales

A man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time. — Francis Bacon

I think there are people who's lives have been saved because of the study of the genome. — Francis Collins

I don't have to worry about not meeting His expectations. God will ensure my success in accordance with His plan, not mine. — Francis Chan

True popular ballads are the spontaneous products of nature. — Francis James Child

Today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well therefore to this day. — Francis Gray

The Church is called to draw near to every person, beginning with the poorest and those who suffer. — Pope Francis

Cure the disease and kill the patient. — Francis Bacon

Gardening is the purest of human pleasures. — Francis Bacon

I'm really encouraged by Pope Francis, because I think his attitude is totally laudable. — Steve Coogan

The general root of superstition is that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss, and commit to memory the one, and pass over the other. — Francis Bacon

Sometimes it is possible to live without knowing our neighbours: this is not Christian — Pope Francis

Reflection increases the vigor of the mind, as exercise does the strength of the body. — Francis De Gaston, Chevalier De Levis

It is a great imperfection to complain unceasingly of little things. — Saint Francis De Sales

There is no place in God's world where there are no people who will come and share a home as long as it is a real home. — Francis A. Schaeffer

Because I'm the best fuck in the solar system. (Toreth) — Manna Francis

Our party has known great, great days. But we have no God-given right to survive, let alone to succeed. — Francis Maude

All is lost save honor. — Francis I

I would like a more missionary church,Not so much a tranquil church, but a beautiful church that goes forward. — Pope Francis

You can't have Christ without the Church, — Pope Francis

No labor is hard, no time is long, wherein the glory of eternity is the mark we level at. — Francis Quarles

Life once conceived, must be protected with the utmost care; abortion and infanticide are abominable crimes. — Pope Francis

It has well been said that the arch-flatterer, with whom all petty flatterers have intelligence, is a man's self. — Francis Bacon

The emptier a person's heart is, the more he or she needs to buy, own, and consume. — Pope Francis

He measures our lives by how we love. — Francis Chan

God loves the lowly. When we live humbly, he takes our small efforts and creates great things. — Pope Francis

Accept the risen Jesus into your life. Even if you have been far away, take a small step towards Him. He awaits you with open arms. — Pope Francis

There is another form of poverty! It is the spiritual poverty of our time, which afflicts the so-called richer countries particularly seriously. — Pope Francis

Like dear St. Francis of Assisi I am wedded to Poverty: but in my case the marriage is not a success. — Oscar Wilde

What is truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer. — Francis Bacon

Christian art today should be twentieth-century art. — Francis A. Schaeffer

We must not only be True. We must be Beautiful. — Francis Schaeffer

Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise. — Francis Bacon

My existence was never a Francis Ford Coppola existence. — Victoria Gotti

Thou cannot stir a flower Without troubling a star. — Francis Thompson

Let us never lose hope! God loves us always, even with our mistakes and sins. — Pope Francis

That is our calling: to show that there is a reality in personal relationship, and not just words about it. — Francis Schaeffer

Derision is never so agonizing as when it pounces on the wanderings of misguided sensibility. — Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey

They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations. — Francis Bacon

Holy Mother Church teaches us to end the year and also our days with an examination of conscience ... to be grateful and to ask for forgiveness. — Pope Francis

God wants us to give Him all of our time and let Him direct it as He sees fit. — Francis Chan

Free will is located in or near the anterior cingulate sulcus. — Francis Crick

Putting one's parents out to pasture in a nursing home has very deep historical roots in Western Europe. — Francis Fukuyama

One must go through life, be it red or blue, stark naked and accompanied by the music of a subtle fisherman, prepared at all times for a celebration. — Francis Picabia

Too often we participate in the globalization of indifference. May we strive instead to live global solidarity. — Pope Francis

The world is deceitful; her end is doubtful, her conclusion is horrible, her judge terrible, and her judgment is intolerable. — Francis Quarles

To change the world we must be good to those who cannot repay us. — Pope Francis

Jesus said go and make disciples, but so often we just sit and make excuses — Francis Chan

For the sake of peace, religious beliefs must never be allowed to be abused in the cause of violence and war. — Pope Francis

Whenever your preparations for the sea are poor; the sea worms its way in and finds the problems. — Francis Stokes

The situation was saved; Brisbane was going to tell a story. — Francis Marion Crawford

This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. — Francis Bacon

It is a secret both in nature and state, that it is safer to change many things than one. — Francis Bacon

Nothing compares to being truly, exuberantly wanted by your children. — Francis Chan

Truth, according to the Christian faith, is God's love for us in Jesus Christ. Therefore, truth is a relationship. — Pope Francis

In our families we learn to love and to recognise the dignity of all, especially of the elderly — Pope Francis

Lord, help us to live the virtue of generosity, to love without limits. — Pope Francis

We must not reduce the bosom of the universal church to a nest protecting our mediocrity. — Pope Francis

I address a strong appeal from my heart that the dignity and safety of the worker always be protected. — Pope Francis

Auschwitz cries out with the pain of immense suffering and pleads for a future of respect, peace and encounter among peoples. — Pope Francis

Children are victims of a social problem that wounds the family. — Pope Francis

Let us never forget that the greatest man is never more than an animal disguised as a god. — Francis Picabia

The ignorant ever shun and dread the gifted and enlightened. — Francis Alexander Durivage