It is not sufficient merely to be a great master in painting and very wise, but I think that it is necessary… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
I early learned that there were two natures in me. This caused me a great deal of trouble, till I worked out… — Jack London Copy Share Image
How many, alas, of the precious saints of God must we shut out from being believers, if there is no faith but… — William Gurnall Copy Share Image
The Saint Bernards work best in teams of at least three dogs. They are sent out on patrols following storms, and they… — Stanley Coren Copy Share Image
It is difficult to live without opium after having known it because it is difficult, after knowing opium, to take earth seriously.… — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
Picture this scene. A critic arrives at the gates of heaven. 'And what did you do?' asks Saint Peter. 'Well', says the… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
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
The most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at least unwilling to take it on), is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No one really knew the sciences except the Lord Robert, Bishop of Lincoln, by reason of his length of life and experience,… — Roger Bacon 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
As a young boy, Charles Darwin made friends easily but preferred to spend his time taking long, solitary nature walks. (As an… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
We can use our art to become political, to become something you want to talk about. We make clothes, but we have… — Olivier Rousteing Copy Share Image
... we commemorate each of the saints with hymns and appropriate songs of praise, how much more should we celebrate the memory… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
The parent who loves his child dearly but asks for nothing in return might qualify as a saint, but he will not… — Selma Fraiberg Copy Share Image
The dangers that exist are real, but only illustrate the fact that men and women need Christ. The suffering and dying of… — David Sills Copy Share Image
Let none, however difficult the circumstances, consider himself as debarred from the way of holiness. Have we but God and the cross… — Gerhard Tersteegen Copy Share Image
A general loftiness of sentiment, independence of men, consciousness of good intentions, self-oblivion in great objects, clear views of futurity; thoughts of… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
The people are the source of governmental power. Along with many religious people, Latter-day Saints affirm that God gave the power to… — Dallin H. Oaks 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
We are at Jesus' disposal. If he wants you to be sick in bed, if he wants you to proclaim His work… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
O my soul, what are you doing? Are you not aware that God sees you always? You can never hide yourself from… — St. Catherine of Siena Copy Share Image
By their complying with your request to leave they [the Saints in Clay County] are surrendering some of the dearest rights guaranteed… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
... over two hundred women, apparently at their own request, were sealed as wives to Joseph Smith after his death in special… — Fawn M. Brodie Copy Share Image
Beauty is a key to the mystery and a call to transcendence. It is an invitation to savor life and to dream… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Nowadays, if a man living in a civilized country (ha!) hears cannon blasts in his sleep, he will, of course, mistake them… — Andrea Camilleri Copy Share Image
Very well, then: why are you attached to any one book, or to the words and ways of one saint when he… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
The blacklist was a time of evil...no one on either side who survived it came through untouched by evil...[Looking] back on this… — Dalton Trumbo Copy Share Image
While we sometimes feel and have felt in days that are past and gone, to complain because we meet with oppression, persecution,… — Wilford Woodruff Copy Share Image
The saints are sinners still. Our best tears need to be wept over, the strongest faith is mixed with unbelief, our most… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Franny Armstrong is a mother of three and a grandmother of four. Her husband supports her imagination and has the patience of… — Franny Armstrong Copy Share Image
There is a difficulty with only one person changing. People call that person a great saint or a great mystic or a… — David Bohm Copy Share Image
That was the reason why very few people fleeing the rise of fascism in Europe, especially in Germany, could get to the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“He folded back the hem of her housedress. Peeled the wet underpants from her skin and moved them down over her pale… — Alice McDermott Copy Share Image
In all things that you find in the Holy Scriptures, seek out the purpose of the words, that you may enter into… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
God has told us Latter-day Saints that we shall be condemned if we do not enter into that principle of polygamy; and… — Orson Pratt Copy Share Image
When you resolve to become pious, the devil in your nature cries out at you, "Tread not those paths, O confused one;… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Loving is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction. -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, “You are blessed doublee if… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Art and relligion are not professions: they are not occupations for which men can be paid. The artist and the saint do… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
[I]t is the maxim of the saints that when a matter has been decided in the presence of God after many prayers… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
Do not consider any act of service as demeaning. Sweeping the streets, for example, is not below your dignity. Do you not… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image