When a man really believes that it is necessary to do a certain thing to be happy forever, or that a certain… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
All birds during the pairing season become more or less sentimental, and murmur soft nothings in a tone very unlike the grinding-organ… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Our Lord Himself, I saw alone in him, both in his and my part of this Venerable Sacrament. For, Oh, Amabilia! How… — Elizabeth Ann Seton Copy Share Image
I was the big, bossy older sister, full of enthusiasms, mad fantasies, desperate urges to be famous, and anxious to be a… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
If I seem happy to you . . . You could never say anything that would please me more. For men are… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
A silent man is easily reputed wise. A man who suffers none to see him in the common jostle and undress of… — Frederick William Robertson Copy Share Image
I was in Nauvoo on the 26th of May, 1846, for the last time, and left the city of the Saints feeling… — Wilford Woodruff Copy Share Image
I have more to boast of than ever any man had. I am the only man that has ever been able to… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
Many people genuinely do not wish to be saints, and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
What do you think spies are: priests, saints and martyrs? They're a squalid procession of vain fools, traitors too, yes; pansies, sadists… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
Self-reflection is a desire felt by the body, as well as the soul. As dancers, healers, and saints all know, when you… — Susan Griffin Copy Share Image
Among the immediate obligations and duties resting upon members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints today, and one of… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
The saints were cowards who stood by to see Christ crucified: they should have flung themselves Upon the Roman spears, and died… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
These symbolize (Proverbs 30:14) the greedy and usurers whose teeth are swords and knifes which they use to devour the poor and… — Anthony of Padua Copy Share Image
Shivaji was the greatest Hindu king that India had produced within the last thousand years; one who was the very incarnation of… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Cast me into a dungeon;, burn me at the state, crown me king of kings, I can 'pursue happiness' as long as… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Just as in one man there is one soul and one body, yet many members; even so the Catholic Church is one… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
But the saints are never the kind of killjoy spinster aunts who go in for faultfinding and lack all sense of humor.… — Hans Urs von Balthasar Copy Share Image
The Saints are Louisiana's team and have been since the late '60s when my predecessor Pete Rozelle welcomed them to the league… — Paul Tagliabue Copy Share Image
We have close to us as much as Joseph had at Nazareth; we have our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, but our… — Peter Julian Eymard Copy Share Image
Virtue is something you have to get good at, like playing the trombone or tolerating bores at parties. Being a virtuous human… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
"Some would call you a saint, some a chandala; some a lunatic, others a demon. Go on then straight to thy work… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The term Christian used to be a pejorative. Back in the day, Christians were persecuted; however, over time, it became one of… — Simon Tam Copy Share Image
I just live my life how I live as a person. I certainly am not, like, a saint or an angel by… — Emma Stone Copy Share Image
“When we transform our old life and give our spirit a new image, we find it hard and tiring to turn back… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
The love of talk distracts all the powers of our soul from God, and fills them with earthly objects and impressions, like… — Elizabeth Ann Seton Copy Share Image
You were a soldier?" "Yes, sir." "You barely look old enough to have seen the last battle." "My father was a career… — Jessica Day George Copy Share Image
Timothy's great value was that he was always willing to go anywhere; and in his hands a message was as safe as… — William Barclay Copy Share Image
If the Saints call, naturally I will consider taking their request to the Board of Supervisors. Because they're our Saints, too, and… — Skip Bertman Copy Share Image
When I was about 16, I did a Neil LaBute play called 'A Gaggle of Saints' from a collection of plays called… — Max Irons Copy Share Image
When human beings have been fascinated by the contemplation of their own hearts, the more intricate biological pattern of the female has… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
The Atonement of Jesus Christ is real; it brings immortality to all and opens the door to eternal life. The gospel of… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
Trials and tribulations offer us a chance to make reparation for our past faults and sins. On such occasions the Lord comes… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
My confidence is placed in God who does not need our help for accomplishing his designs. Our single endeavor should be to… — Isaac Jogues Copy Share Image
If I were but sure that I should live to see the coming of the Lord, it would be the joyfulest tidings… — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image
I think nobody alive today is a more powerful agent of conversion than someone like Mother Teresa. You can refute arguments but… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
Love, like the opening of the heavens to the saints, shows for a moment, even to the dullest person, the possibilities of… — Arthur Helps Copy Share Image
As a general rule, people who flagrantly pretend to anything are the reverse of that which they pretend to. A man who… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
It is sweet to remember that the exaltation of Christ in heaven is a representative exaltation. He is exalted at the Father's… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Holiness consists in doing God’s will joyfully. Faithfulness makes saints. The spiritual life is a union with Jesus: the divine and the… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
