All backups take their cue from Elrod Hendricks, the patron saint of erstwhile catchers. — Stephen Rodrick Copy Share Image
The perfect mystic is not an ecstatic devotee lost in contemplation of Oneness, nor a saintly recluse shunning all commerce with mankind,… — Abu-Sa'id Abul-Khayr Copy Share Image
Saints and ordinary folks are the same from the start. Inquiring about a difference is like asking to borrow string when you've… — Hsu Yun Copy Share Image
I like the Hotel Costes, on rue Saint Honore, a boutique hotel near the Arc de Triomphe, the Louvre and the Tuileries.… — Alice Temperley Copy Share Image
Having spent time around "sinners" and also around purported saints, I have a hunch why Jesus spent so much time with the… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
It is the saint's duty, and should be their care, not only to believe that God is Almighty, but also to strongly… — William Gurnall Copy Share Image
Do not be afraid to be saints. Follow Jesus Christ who is the source of freedom and light. Be open to the… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Through the media, we've establishes this standard of what every human being should look up to: somebody who always looks right; who… — Fiona Apple Copy Share Image
The saint endeavors to recover a gift which he has lost; the sinner tries to obtain something which was never his. In… — Arthur Machen Copy Share Image
“Our wound is serious, but the Physician is all-powerful. Does it seem to you so small a mercy that, while you were… — Saint Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
The thankful heart sees the best part of every situation. It sees problems and weaknesses as opportunities, struggles as refining tools, and… — Francis Frangipane Copy Share Image
Our greatest gain is to lose the wealth that is of such brief duration and, by comparison with eternal things, of such… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
No one is innocent in the tide of history. Everyone has kings and slaves in his past. Everyone has saints and sinners.… — Diana Peterfreund Copy Share Image
Then there are the addicts, the hunger addicts, the rage addicts, the poverty addicts , and power addicts, and the pure addicts… — Jeet Thayil Copy Share Image
The ideal state is meekness, or humility, or the semi-invalid state of the old. Year after year I am becoming nobler and… — Charles Fort Copy Share Image
Satan dreads nothing but prayer. . . . The Church that lost its Christ was full of good works. Activities are multiplied… — Samuel Chadwick Copy Share Image
The poor are great! The poor are wonderful! The poor are very generous! They give us much more than what we give… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
Give me the life of the boy whose mother is nurse, seamstress, washerwoman, cook, teacher, angel, and saint, all in one, and… — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
Many of us have a mental conception of what a Christian should be, and the lives of the saints become a hindrance… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Latter-day Saints are not asked to blindly accept everything they hear. We are encouraged to think and discover truth for ourselves. We… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
I have, by God’s grace, learned as a member of the Christian community what is the nature of God’s mercy, which does… — Rowan Williams Copy Share Image
An evil man is a saint of the future. See good in everything. Destroy the evil-finding quality. Develop the good-finding quality. Rise… — Sivananda Copy Share Image
There's a huge amount of work on Adam and Eve, from the ancient world to the present. Saint Augustine was obsessed with… — Stephen Greenblatt Copy Share Image
In peace, Love tunes the shepherd's reed; In war, he mounts the warrior's steed; In halls, in gay attire is seen; In… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
However much we suffer for the love of Jesus Crucified, it is but little. — Benedict Joseph Labre Copy Share Image
