The essence of saintliness is total acceptance of the present moment, harmony with things as they happen. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
“Saintliness means turning pain to good account. It means forcing the devil to be God.” — Jean Genet Copy Share Image
In Jewish tradition, death-defying devotion to scholarship was the stuff of saintliness. — Israel Shenker Copy Share Image
Do not think that saintliness comes from occupation; it depends rather on what one is. The kind of work we do does… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
Wakefulness is the only saintliness there is, and sleepiness, unconsciousness, is the only sin there is; all other sins are born out… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“Don't reach for the halo too soon. You have plenty of time to enjoy yourself, even a little maliciously sometimes, before you… — Ellis Peters Copy Share Image
Today it is not nearly enough to be a saint, but we must have the saintliness demanded by the present moment, a… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
You don't have to be religious to have a soul; everybody has one. You don't have to be religious to perfect your… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
Do not think that saintliness comes from occupation; it depends rather on what one is. The kind of work we do does… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
You will be at your best forever, Even now you have good moments. Occasional glimpses of your heavenly self. When you change… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
What makes saintliness in my view, as distinguished from ordinary goodness, is a certain quality of magnanimity and greatness of soul that… — Harriet Beecher Stowe Copy Share Image
“Mother Teresa, when asked about her holiness or saintliness, always answers in a matter-of-fact way that holiness is a necessity of life--and… — Lucinda Vardey Copy Share Image
If one avoids haughtiness to the utmost extent and is exceedingly humble, he is termed a saint, and this is the standard… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
Mother Teresa was the very embodiment of saintliness: white-clad, sad-eyed, ascetic and often photographed with the wretched of the earth. — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“Calamity with us, is made an excuse for doing wrong. With them, it is erected into a reason for their doing right.… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
