Quotes about Saints

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Sanctify yourself and you will sanctify society. — Francis of Assisi
Telling an introvert to go to a party is like telling a saint to go to Hell. — Criss Jami, Killosophy
The laughter of the world is merely loneliness pathetically trying to reassure itself. — Neal A. Maxwell, The Neal A. Maxwell Quote Book
God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does what is still more wonderful: he makes saint — Søren Kierkegaard, The Journals of Kierkegaard
The peace of the celestial city is the perfectly ordered and harmonious enjoyment of God, and of one another in God. (Ci — Augustine of Hippo
The saints, too, had wandering minds. The saints, too, had constantly to recall their constantly wandering mind-child ho — Peter Kreeft, Prayer for Beginners
Is it not eminently just that I should give myself entirely and without reserve to Him Who drew me out of nothing, and W — Father John Nicholas Grou, S.J.
Who can we claim to know God, and deny him by our actions. — Lailah Gifty Akita
All the hungers we have for love, for union, for happiness are given by God to lead us to him. The difference between a — Christopher West
...the dead have a way of becoming saints in the eyes of their survivors... — Rachel Vincent, My Soul to Take
...they needed someone to explain, to spin, the parts of the tale that couldn't be suppressed. Someone reputable and edu — Martha N. Beck
Tell me, son... have you ever been intimidated by anyone?''Oh yes,' said Thomas. 'I don't believe it. By whom?''By Our L — Louis de Wohl
We would never call inexplicable little insights 'hunches,' for fear of drawing the universe's attention. But they happe — China Miéville, The City & the City
Serve in the grace of strength within thy soul. — Lailah Gifty Akita
[Saint Anthony] said, in his solitude, he sometimes encountered devils who looked like angels, and other times he found — Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love
It is no sign of benediction to have been obsessed with the lives of saints, for it is an obsession intertwined with a t — Emil M. Cioran
But we have no [Marian] apparitions cautioning the Church against, say, accepting the delusion of an Earth-centered Univ — Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
On the first day of November last year, sacred to many religious calendars but especially the Celtic, I went for a walk — Mary Rose O'Reilley, The Barn at the End of the World: The Apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd
There is a bench in the back of my garden shaded by Virginia creeper, climbing roses, and a white pine where I sit early — Mary Rose O'Reilley, The Barn at the End of the World: The Apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd
The only person to influence the direction and purpose of your life is the one who gave it. God! — Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Frontpage: Leadership Insights from 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Thoughts