So long as there are poor, - I am poor, - So long as there are prisons, - I am a prisoner,… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
Vocal prayer . . . must be accompanied by reflection. A prayer in which a person is not aware of Whom he… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Oh, she doesn't belong to anybody now,' he said, and suddenly I saw her for what she was - a piece of… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
Never was the victory of patience more complete than in the early church. The anvil broke the hammer by bearing all the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You must strive with all possible care to please God in such a manner as neither to do nor behold anything, without… — Alphonsus Rodriguez Copy Share Image
To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self, an impossible claim that one should be… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
He who loses an opportunity is like the man who lets a bird fly from his hand, for he will never recover… — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
Let us listen to what all the faithful say, because in every one of them the Spirit of God breathes. — Paulinus of Nola Copy Share Image
There is a way by which persons can keep their consciences clear before God and man, and that is to preserve within… — Lorenzo Snow 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
Eeyore religion says that the earth isn't worth saving, anyway, and that when it comes to an end, the Faithful will be… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
To redeem creation the saint wages war on the entire fabric of creation, with the bare weapons of truth and love. — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
Not only were the Jews expecting the birth of a Great King, a Wise Man and a Saviour, but Plato and Socrates… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
Let us think, if we only got to heaven, what a sweet and easy thing it will be there to be always… — Philip Neri Copy Share Image
God hath made it a debt which one saint owes to another to carry their names to a throne of grace. — William Gurnall Copy Share Image
One of the most persistent images in American urbanism is that of the proverbial city on a hill, as first envisioned on… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
Can I ask you a question?" "I'd be disappointed if you didn't." "How many of those suits do you have? Do you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
How did the Turks become Muslim? They became Muslim through the Sufis. The Arabs never conquered the Turks. There were people in… — Seyyed Hossein Nasr Copy Share Image
[Cannery Row's] inhabitants are, as the man once said, 'whores, pimps, gamblers, and sons of bitches,' by which he meant everybody. Had… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I think the reason I choose the comic approach so often is because it's harder, therefore affording me the opportunity to show… — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
A saint a real saint never does anything, a martyr does something but a really good saint does nothing, and so I… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
Saints rarely have friends; they are usually hated and derided, for they love and love is always rejected by hard-hearted men....saints do… — Taylor Caldwell Copy Share Image
Well! I feel happy these days. I've started taking a herbal anti-depressant. It's called Saint John's Wort. Apparently it's the best-selling anti-depressant… — Emo Philips Copy Share Image
Spartans, stoics, heroes, saints and gods use short and positive speech. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image