Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, let me sow forgiveness;… Where there is doubt, let me sow faith; Where there is despair, let me give hope…. Where there is sadness, let me give joy; O Master, grant that I may not so much to seek compassion but to give compassion. —“The Peace Prayer of St. Francis”

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, let me sow forgiveness;… Where there is doubt, let me sow faith; Where there is despair, let me give hope…. Where there is sadness, let me give joy; O Master, grant that I may not so much to seek compassion but to give compassion.
—“The Peace Prayer of St. Francis”