For holy simplicity had so filled them [the brothers], innocense of life was so instructing them, purity of heart so possessed them, that they knew nothing of duplicity of mind. For, as there was one faith in them, so was there one spirit in them, one will, one love; there was unity of souls among them, harmony of behavior, the practice of virtues, conformity of minds, and piety of actions.
Saint Francis of Assisi
Celano, First Life
CHAPTER XVIII - 46
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