We should let God be the One to praise us and not praise ourselves. For God detests those who commend themselves. Let… — Pope Clement I Copy Share Image
And gentlemen in England now-a-bed Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
And the revelation was a little like what saints receive on mountains - a further chapter in the history of the mystery. — Diane Arbus Copy Share Image
“And anyway, it has been my experience that what makes us the saints of God is not our ability to be saintly… — Nadia Bolz-Weber Copy Share Image
She felt that she would have to be much more than just a doctor or an engineer. She would have to be… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
Holy people glory, not in their holiness, but in Christ's cross; for the holiest saint is never more than a justified sinner… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
If you exchanged wedding vows, tape them to your bathroom mirror and read them aloud to yourself every morning along with the… — Harriet Lerner Copy Share Image
I have sought love, first, because it brings ecstasy – ecstasy so great that I would often have sacrificed all the rest… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Are you a censor? Do you tell people not to say “girl”? Shame on you! If nothing offends you, you’re a saint… — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
People who walk across dark bridges, past saints, with dim, small lights. Clouds which move across gray skies past churches with towers… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
Another form of prayer, called cataphatic, honors and reverences images and feelings and goes through them to God. This form of prayer… — Gregory A. Boyd Copy Share Image
All religions, with their gods, their demigods, and their prophets, their messiahs and their saints, were created by the credulous fancy of… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
I am grateful for the unending hunger to rest in the mind of Buddha, the heart of Krishna, a domain where all… — Rod Stryker Copy Share Image
Everything about me is a contradiction, and so is everything about everybody else. We are made out of oppositions; we live between… — Orson Welles Copy Share Image
As long as we are on earth, the love that unites us will bring us suffering by our very contact with one… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Today is [the feast of] Santa Rita, Patron Saint of impossible things - but this seems impossible: let us ask of her… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The ego can exist only if you take yourself and everything seriously. Nothing kills the ego like playfulness, like laughter. When you… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Sacred scripture is of course the basic authority for everything; yet I sometimes run across ancient sayings or pagan writings - even… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
“And why is Saint Paula a Saint? She dumps her four kids at a convent. She runs off to Hajira with Saint… — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
I swear on St. Francis, the patron saint of all animals.” Seeing Poppy’s hesitation, Beatrix added enthusiastically, “If a band of pirates… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
One of the most gracious dispensations of God concerning His saints is their lovely unawareness of sanctity. The nearer they move to… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
God has often given His people favor in the sight of heathen masters (as Joseph and Daniel), and has magnified the sufficiency… — Arthur W. Pink Copy Share Image
It is a great art to succeed in having your soul sanctified. A person can become a saint anywhere. He can become… — Porphyrios (Bairaktaris) of Kafsokalivia Copy Share Image
But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; neither filthiness,… — Paul the Apostle Copy Share Image
On that very night, the night of the greatest suffering that has ever taken place in the world or that ever will… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
'My sheep hear My voice' (Jn. 10:14). This is just another way of saying, 'They obey my words and keep My commandments.'… — Dorotheus of Gaza Copy Share Image
The saints show us that being a baptized Christian means living as a new creation, rejoicing in a life radically different from… — Stephen J. Binz Copy Share Image
In uniting yourself to God's will, you take on new life and gather great courage, willingly embracing the cross and kissing His… — Paul of the Cross Copy Share Image
The one thing for which we are all being disciplined is to know that God is real. As soon as God becomes… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
People who praise illness as bringing out the best in people ought to have their heads examined. Pain forces you to think… — Rae Foley Copy Share Image
One must not think that a person who is suffering is not praying. He is offering up his sufferings to God, and… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Yves Saint Laurent gave women power, Chanel liberated them and when I joined Lanvin, I thought 'what do I bring to women?… — Alber Elbaz Copy Share Image
I was educated in London at Central Saint Martins and had this whole thing about getting together with a lot of international… — Henrik Vibskov Copy Share Image
We ought not, as soon as we leave church, to plunge into business unsuited to church, but as soon as we get… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
Bob Weir calls me a saint, but I'm 'Saint Misbehavin'.' They're making a documentary about my life, and that's the current shooting… — Wavy Gravy Copy Share Image
The Sufi saint Mazhar Jaan Jana of 18th century Delhi believed that the Quran condemns bowing before deities because in pre-Islamic idol… — Asghar Ali Engineer Copy Share Image
No one has ever been accused for not providing ornaments, but for those who neglect their neighbour a hell awaits with an… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
Would that men might come at last to see that it is quite impossible to reach the thicket of the riches and… — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
The Church has ever proved indestructible. Her persecutors have failed to destroy her; in fact, it was during times of persecution that… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
I don't want to paint myself as some kind of saint - that would be laughable - but I do think I've… — Robert Draper Copy Share Image
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