Poverty Is A Special Way To Salvation

St. Francis once said, "Believe me, my brothers, poverty is a special way to salvation. It is the source of humility and the root of all perfection and its fruit is manifold, though unseen. This is the treasure hidden in the field in the Gospel to buy which we must sell all - and anything that cannot be sold should be abandoned for love of it."

Saint Francis of Assisi
Bonaventure, Major Life
CHAPTER VII