Description Quote by A.J. Ayer

A saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God.

— Brennan Manning

“A saint is long past any desire for distinction; he is the only sort of superior man who has never been a superior person.”

— G.K. Chesterton

He was a patient man, a kind man, a man who cared about animals and human beings, all qualities not to be devalued, but…

— Christopher Timothy

A bad man is worse when he pretends to be a saint.

— Francis Bacon

My father was a saint. He was the closest thing to a saint that you can find in a normal man.

— Indira Gandhi

A saint is a person who does almost everything any other decent person does, only somewhat better and with a totally different motive.

— Coventry Patmore

“Yes, the saint was underrated quite a bit, then, mostly by people who didn’t like things that were ineffable… …a lot of people don’t…

— Donald Barthelme

A saint is one who makes goodness attractive.

— Laurence Housman

I never posed as a saint. I would have slept with a man for nothing if I liked him well enough.

— Ethel Waters

If one avoids haughtiness to the utmost extent and is exceedingly humble, he is termed a saint, and this is the standard of saintliness.

— Maimonides

A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint.

— Albert Schweitzer

“The man possessed a communal strength of body and soul, coupled with endless compassion and a desire to help the less fortunate of mind…

— Mary Campisi