Saint Quotes

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All the efforts of the human mind cannot exhaust the essence of a single fly. — Thomas Aquinas
We can't have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing; then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for… — Thomas Aquinas
The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them. — Thomas Aquinas
There is but one Church in which men find salvation, just as outside the ark of Noah it was not possible for anyone to be… — Thomas Aquinas
To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them. — Thomas Aquinas
Three conditions are necessary for Penance: contrition, which is sorrow for sin, together with a purpose of amendment; confession of sins without any omission; and… — Thomas Aquinas
There have been household gods and household saints and household fairies. I am not sure that there have yet been any factory gods or factory… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The voice of the special rebels and prophets, recommending discontent, should, as I have said, sound now and then suddenly, like a trumpet. But the… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
If we want to give poor people soap we must set out deliberately to give them luxuries. If we will not make them rich enough… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The attitude of saints toward their possessions most assuredly signifies whether they continue to preserve their self life or whether they have consigned it to… — Watchman Nee
In the matter of fellowship God looks not at how much we apprehend of His will but rather at what our attitude towards His will… — Watchman Nee
Being human, we would expel from our lives physical pain and mental anguish and assure ourselves of continual ease and comfort, but if we were… — Spencer W. Kimball
My mother used to say, 'He who angers you, conquers you!' But my mother was a saint. — Elizabeth Kenny
The perfect mystic is not an ecstatic devotee lost in contemplation of Oneness, nor a saintly recluse shunning all commerce with mankind, but "the true… — Abu-Sa'id Abul-Khayr
Can one be a saint if God does not exist? That is the only concrete problem I know of today. — Albert Camus
Sport is where an entire life can be compressed into a few hours, where the emotions of a lifetime can be felt on an acre… — George A. Sheehan
If you want to sin, sin wholeheartedly and openly. Sins too have their lessons to teach the earnest sinner, as virtues the earnest saint. It… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
O, Thou hast damnable iteration; and art, indeed, able to corrupt a saint. — William Shakespeare
Prayer breaks all bars, dissolves all chains, opens all prisons, and widens all straits by which God's saints have been held. — Edward McKendree Bounds
Jesus Christ carries on intercession for us in heaven; the Holy Ghost carries on intercession in us on earth; and we the saints have to… — Oswald Chambers

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