St. Francis of Assisi Quotes in Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)

St. Francis of Assisi: If the purpose of life is this loveless toil we fill our days with, then it is not for me.

Paolo: You just saunter out of your house one fine morning and pluck God out of the air as easily as catching a butterfly. It's all too simple.

St. Francis of Assisi: If what you say is true then the Holy Father will point out errors in my faith

St. Francis of Assisi: This is my death mask.

St. Francis of Assisi: What have the judges of men to do with me. God is my only judge!

Consul: Unfortunately, he isn't around to help us out.

Bishop Guido: So what do you want?

St. Francis of Assisi: I want to be happy, I want to live like the birds in the sky. I want to experience the freedom and beauty that they experience.

Bernardo: I want to help you

St. Francis of Assisi: Words, words Bernardo. There was a time when I believed in words.

St. Francis of Assisi: Come and let yourselves be built as living stones into the spiritual temple

St. Francis of Assisi: [to the pope's guard] No, not him. He is not with us! Tell him, Paolo, you are not with us.

Bernardo: Tell him!

Paolo: I am with them

St. Francis of Assisi: [to Giocondo] We are not a regiment of priests for whom the sacred vow of chastity is the discipline. We are just a band of men who simply love God, each according to his own capacity.

St. Francis of Assisi: When you wanted your wife to speak like you, why didn't you marry the thick headed butcher's daughter?

St. Francis of Assisi: What shall we do with the money we will make out of this war? Have you thought about that?

Pietro Di Bernardone: Aah! A true son of his father, hey Pica!

St. Francis of Assisi: Father! I wanna share the joy with you. Our treasures are in heaven not here on earth, don't be a slave of these! Throw it all away! Do as I do, it's so simple, be free!

St. Francis of Assisi: I want to be a beggar! Yes, yes a beggar. Christ was a beggar, His Holy Apostles were beggars. I want to be as free as they are.

Pietro Di Bernardone: But Your Grace, even beggars show respect to their fathers!

St. Francis of Assisi: I'm not your son anymore. What is born of flesh is flesh, what is born of spirit is spirit. Now, I'm born again.

St. Francis of Assisi: We are all poor in the eyes of our Lord.