Saint Francis of Assisi

"for to endure reproaches and injuries from our neighbor with humble and uncomplaining patience, will purge away our sins more speedily than they could be by a fountain of many tears."

"O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek

     to be consoled, as to console;
     to be understood, as to understand;
     to be loved, as to love.
     For it is in giving that we receive.
     It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
     and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life."