The devil is but a whetstone to sharpen the faith and patience of the saints.- — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
God knows I'm no saint, but I don't think I'm more of a sinner than any other man. — Georgette Heyer Copy Share Image
The world would have peace if only men of politics would follow the Gospels. — Bridget of Sweden Copy Share Image
The brightest saint is the man who has the most heart-searching sense of his own sinfulness, and the liveliest sense of his… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Saints and sages are still alive. Great masters are still operating. It is up to you to find where they are. — Krishnananda Saraswati Copy Share Image
Scriptures were written, not to satisfy our curiosity and make us astronomers, but to lead us to God, and make us saints. — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
The saint, we are told, once lived a life of sin - nothing spectacular, of course, just the usual things. — Nissim Ezekiel Copy Share Image
Bertrand Russell would not have wished to be called a saint of any description; but he was a great and good man. — A.J. Ayer Copy Share Image
There is no sinner in the world, however much at enmity with God, who cannot recover God's grace by recourse to Mary,… — Bridget of Sweden Copy Share Image
Im Not a saint no not at all, but what I did it wasn't cool but I swear that I'll never do… — Jessie J Copy Share Image
There are but few saints amongst scientists, as among other men, but truth itself is a goal comparable with sanctity. — George Sarton Copy Share Image
Venice is the worlds unconscious: a misers glittering hoard, guarded by a Beast whose eyes are made of white agate, and by… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
All the Saints of God are there to protect me, to sustain me and to carry me. And your prayers, my dear… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
You want to kill me, don't you? And here I thought you and your friends were so righteous. You are just as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My first serious attempts at writing were made in 1868, and I took up two very different lines of composition; I wrote… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
Even as in the blessed in heaven there will be most perfect charity, so in the damned there will be the most… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
Few cities have been more definitely impressed upon the imagination of the world than San Francisco, this gray-hilled city on the peninsula… — Edwin Markham Copy Share Image
What does it cost us to say: "My God help me! Have mercy on me!" Is there anything easier than this? And… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
My mother attended the local church, Saint Nicolas, and consequently, I attended that church and its Sunday School. My only prizes from… — Michael Smith Copy Share Image
The world could not long ignore a holy church. The church is not despised because it is holy: it is despised because… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
We are here on earth to work-to work long, hard, arduous hours, to work until our backs ache and our tired muscles… — Bruce R. McConkie Copy Share Image
I tried to read The Dubliners, when I went to Dublin a couple of years ago. I think I only go thurogh… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
Should a priest reject relativity because it contains no authoritative exposition on the doctrine of the Trinity? Once you realize that the… — Georges Lemaitre Copy Share Image
There is no Latter day Saint who dies after having lived a faithful life who will lose anything because of having failed… — Lorenzo Snow Copy Share Image
The patient endurance of the saints exhausts the evil power that attacks them, since it makes them glory in sufferings undergone for… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
Those who are truly enlightened, those whose souls are illuminated by love, have been able to overcome all of the inhibitions and… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Every walk to the woods is a religious rite, every bath in the stream is a saving ordinance. Communion service is at… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
