5 Quotes by Francis Xavier

Tell the students to give up their small ambitions and come eastward to preach the gospel of Christ.

I want to be where there are out and out pagans.

Give me the child until he is seven and I’ll give you the man.

I have heard thousands of confessions, but never one of covetousness.

Many, many people hereabouts are not becoming Christians for one reason only: there is nobody to make them Christians.