Quotes from authors born in 1182
It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.
Francis of Assisi
Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about.
Saskya Pandita
If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even a single man, by right action, can overcome a host of foes.
Saskya Pandita
While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.
Francis of Assisi
Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.
Francis of Assisi

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