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But personally, I think [sainthood] is not so much the growth of virtue, as simply the replacement of prior vices with a — Lois McMaster Bujold, The Curse of Chalion
Saints are slaves of good works.Sages are slaves of wisdom.Conquerors are slaves of victory. — Matshona Dhliwayo
Before passing through the gates of a town I've never visited, I take a minute to salute its saints - the dead and the l — Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love
Saint Augustine … insisted that scripture taught nothing but charity. Whatever the biblical author may have intended, an — Karen Armstrong, Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life
Close friendships, Gandhi says, are dangerous, because “friends react on one another” and through loyalty to a friend on — George Orwell
He thanked God that she had been born and sheltered to such innocence. But he knew life, its foulness as well as its fai — Jack London, Martin Eden
I was angry at myself for my inclination to vice. I longed for the day when a state of frenzy would lead my mind to sobe — Roman Payne, The Wanderess
If oppression produced saints, we’d want everyone to be oppressed. — Christopher Bram, Eminent Outlaws: The Gay Writers Who Changed America
In terms of experience, we want to make this (referring to the self) very pleasant. We want this to be blissful, ecstati — Sadhguru, Of Mystics & Mistakes
For as long as I could remember, other people had either overshadowed me or left me out in the open, alone. But Mac, as — Sarah Dessen, Saint Anything
Must then a Christ perish in torment in every age to save those that have no imagination? — Bernard Shaw George
The Rose does not preen herself to catch my eye. She blooms because she blooms. A saint is a saint until he knows he is — Anthony de Mello, One Minute Wisdom
The history of saints is mainly the history of insane people. — Benito Mussolini
One of my favorite movies is 'A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints.' — Liam Hemsworth