The holy men and women, whose lives are told throughout this book, witness to the fact that the word of God is… — Stephen J. Binz 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
If we are, in fact, now occupied in good deeds, we should not attribute the strength with which we are doing them… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
The Christian's God is a God of metamorphoses. You cast grief into his bosom: you draw thence, peace. You cast in despair:… — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
That is again the same story played on a more subtle level. That's what the religious people have been doing down the… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I prophesy in the name of the Lord God of Israel, unless the United States redress the wrongs committed upon the Saints… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
Just as in a physical body the operation of one member contributes to the good of the whole body, so it is… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
I agree with you that the communion with the invisible saints must be more of a dream than a reality. But we… — Maltbie Davenport Babcock 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
Our Lord Jesus Christ added nothing to God in His essential being and glory, either by what He did or suffered. True,… — Arthur W. Pink Copy Share Image
There's a wonderful old Italian joke about a poor man who goes to church every day and prays before the statue of… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Unreflective self-deception leads people into hypocrisy and all sorts of moral failings. When you look at these people who are busy pontificating… — Clancy Martin Copy Share Image
It is no small advantage to the holy life to "begin the day with God." The saints are wont to leave their… — Thomas Case Copy Share Image
Sir Thomas More was a victim of injustice and irony. Generously and meekly, just as he was about to be martyred, he… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Stand tall and be strong in defense of those great virtues which have been the backbone of our social progress. When you… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
Shall we be destined to the days of eternity, on holy-days, as well as working-days, to be showing the relics of learning,… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
To be much for God, we must be much with God. Jesus, that lone figure in the wilderness, knew strong crying, along… — Leonard Ravenhill Copy Share Image
He who does not meditate acts as one who never looks into the mirror and so does not bother to put himself… — Pio of Pietrelcina Copy Share Image
I am hopelessly divided between the dark and the good, the rebel and the saint, the sex maniac and the monk, the… — Billy Idol Copy Share Image
If, as we have said, we commemorate each of the saints with hymns and appropriate songs of praise, how much more should… — Gregory Palamas Copy Share Image
Christian literature makes reference to many episodes that parallel the experiences of those going a yogic way. Saint Anthony, one of the… — Willigis Jager Copy Share Image
It makes a tremendous emotional and practical difference to one whether one accepts the universe in the drab discolored way of stoic… — William James Copy Share Image
When later he [St. Joseph] carried the Child in his arms, acts of loving faith welled up constantly in his heart. It… — Peter Julian Eymard Copy Share Image
The worst isn't the last thing about the world. It's the next to the last thing. The last thing is the best.… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
In every possible instance Saint Paul begged Christians to restrain themselves to contain their carnal yearnings to live solitary and sexless lives… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
God is not only to be known in His blessed and incomprehensible being, for this is something which is reserved for His… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
But this is one of the things that makes rap at its best so human. It doesn't force you to pretend to… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
“O.K. he's crazy. But he's a saint too." "He scares me, I don't like him." "He scares me. What the hell-he knows."… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
My political opinions lean more and more to anarchy. The most improper job of any man, even saints, is bossing other men.… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
Here learn the science of the Saints: All is to be found in the passion of Jesus. Make every effort to remain… — Paul of the Cross Copy Share Image
And the angel said unto me: Behold the formation of a church which is most abominable above all other churches, which slayeth… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
I worked in fashion, but I worked more in the sales side of fashion than in design. I was an assistant buyer… — Colleen Atwood Copy Share Image
One has to be cautious and respectful of the power of the "substance" guides. I don't advocate imbibing the "little saint children,"… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
“Saintliness is very odd. When people encounter it, they often take it for something else, something completely unlike it: indifference, mockery, scheming,… — Philippe Claudel Copy Share Image
In culture after culture, people believe that the soul lives on after death, that rituals can change the physical world and divine… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
We need to make our own the ancient pastoral wisdom which... encouraged Pastors to listen more widely to the entire People of… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Let us be banded together as one man; let us contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints; let us… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Icon of Prague, the medieval bridge crossed the Vltava between Old Town and the Little Quarter. Gothic bridge towers rose on both… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
A brahmin once asked The Blessed One: "Are you a God?" "No, brahmin" said The Blessed One. "Are you a saint?" "No,… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The wonderful thing about saints is that they were human. They lost their tempers, got hungry, scolded God, were egotistical or impatient… — Phyllis McGinley Copy Share Image
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