"IN A WORD, we talk about a man who cannot see the wood for the trees. St. Francis was a man who did not want to see the wood for the trees. He wanted to see each tree as a separate and almost a sacred thing, being a child of God and therefore a brother or sister."
~G.K. Chesterton: St. Francis of Assisi.
~G.K. Chesterton: St. Francis of Assisi.
St. Francis and Twenty Episodes from his Life, by Coppo Di Marcovaldo.
Panel, 1240-45; Bardi Chapel, Santa Croce, Florence.
Panel, 1240-45; Bardi Chapel, Santa Croce, Florence.
