God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed… — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
The role of dissident is not, and should not be, a claim of membership in a communion of saints. In other words,… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The healing of the world is in its nameless saints. Each separate star seems nothing, but a myriad scattered stars break up… — Bayard Taylor Copy Share Image
Jesus Christ carries on intercession for us in heaven; the Holy Ghost carries on intercession in us on earth; and we the… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
On Gandhi: Don’t ever forget, that we were not lead by a saint with his head in clouds, but by a master… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
No doubt alcohol, tobacco, and so forth, are things that a saint must avoid; but sainthood is also a thing that human… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Restraining prayer, we cease to fight; Prayer keeps the Christian's armor bright; And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Charity is the sweet and holy bond which links the soul with its Creator: it binds God with man and man with… — St. Catherine of Siena Copy Share Image
“He folded back the hem of her housedress. Peeled the wet underpants from her skin and moved them down over her pale… — Alice McDermott Copy Share Image
The holy men and women, whose lives are told throughout this book, witness to the fact that the word of God is… — Stephen J. Binz Copy Share Image
Shall we be destined to the days of eternity, on holy-days, as well as working-days, to be showing the relics of learning,… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
He who does not meditate acts as one who never looks into the mirror and so does not bother to put himself… — Pio of Pietrelcina Copy Share Image
I am hopelessly divided between the dark and the good, the rebel and the saint, the sex maniac and the monk, the… — Billy Idol Copy Share Image
To be much for God, we must be much with God. Jesus, that lone figure in the wilderness, knew strong crying, along… — Leonard Ravenhill Copy Share Image
Christian literature makes reference to many episodes that parallel the experiences of those going a yogic way. Saint Anthony, one of the… — Willigis Jager Copy Share Image
If, as we have said, we commemorate each of the saints with hymns and appropriate songs of praise, how much more should… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
Spirituality, as expounded by the great saints and sages of the past, is a very broad path. It accommodates all types of… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
The only real revolution is in the enlightenment of the mind and the improvement of character, the only real emancipation is individual,… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
You don’t have to be brave or a saint, a martyr, or even very smart to be an atheist. All you have… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
Man is timid and apologetic; he is no longer upright; he dares not say "I think," "I am," but quotes some saint… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Temple. One other word is equal in importance to a Latter-day Saint. Home. Put the words holy temple and home together, and… — Boyd K. Packer Copy Share Image
The Gucci woman - you know what she’s after. The Saint Laurent woman - she’s going to torture you a little bit.… — Tom Ford Copy Share Image
No idle word should be uttered. I understand a word to be idle when it serves no good purpose, either for myself… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I go to Saint Barth in the French West Indies for two weeks each year. That place is amazing. Amazing people, beautiful… — Brooke Burke Copy Share Image
My parents were no ordinary people. My mother turned Gandhian, and my father was a staunch communist. They named me after the… — Kabir Bedi Copy Share Image
We must often draw the comparison between time and eternity. This is the remedy of all our troubles. How small will the… — Elizabeth Ann Seton Copy Share Image
Who needs to graduate from Central Saint Martins in London or New York's Fashion Institute of Technology when a homemade outfit can… — Suzy Menkes Copy Share Image
In the same way that a powerful medicine cures an illness, so illness itself is a medicine to cure passion. And there… — Syncletica of Alexandria Copy Share Image
I am not capable of doing big things, but I want to do everything, even the smallest things, for the greater glory… — Dominic Savio Copy Share Image
The measure of charity may be taken from the want of desires. As desires diminish in the soul, charity increases in it;… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
I encourage our Saints all over the world, wherever possible, to strive to stand more often in holy places. — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
“Over time, I have come to believe that there is a killer and a saint in all of us. But...I choose to… — Agnes Kamara-umunna Copy Share Image
The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Saints cannot arise where there have been no warriors, nor philosophers where a prying beast does not remain hidden in the depths. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
A saint serves others, knowing that the more one serves, the greater the opportunity for the Spirit to sanctify and purify. — Russell M. Nelson Copy Share Image
Jesus is giving you such an opportunity to be holy, holier than all the saints that have ever been, because the world… — Mother Angelica Copy Share Image
St. Patrick... one of the few saints whose feast day presents the opportunity to get determinedly whacked and make a fool of… — Charles Madigan Copy Share Image
It is a great folly to be willing to violate the friendship of God, rather than the law of human friendship. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
The saints, many of them women, warred with themselves as well as God. The body has its own animal urges, just as… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
