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I do not stand here before you as a self-righteous saint who has achieved spiritual perfection, but as a sinner who has received Jesus into… — Thomas J. Paprocki
Botha swimmer and a drowned man are in the water; the latter is borne by the water and controlled by it, while the swimmer is… — Unknown Author
To be a saint does not exclude fine dresses nor a beautiful house. — Katharine Tynan
This world and the world to come are two enemies. We cannot therefore be friends to both; but we must decide which we will forsake… — Pope Clement I
Let us teach the young in the school of the fear of the Lord. — Pope Clement I
Virtues are in the middle, the royal way about which the saintly elder (Saint Basil the Great) said, "Travel on the royal way and count… — Dorotheus of Gaza
Remember that you will derive strength by reflecting that the saints yearn for you to join their ranks; desire to see you fight bravely, and… — Henry Suso
Teach the mouth to say what you have in your heart. — Poemen
Lord, if Thou knowest that I shall find, on leaving the house, even through obedience, an occasion of offending Thee, I conjure Thee to take… — Alphonsus Rodriguez
Blessed the one who has kept the mastery of his eyelids and has not deceived himself with either mind or sense with regard to the… — Ephrem the Syrian
The beginning of evil is heedlessness. — Poemen
We would willingly have others perfect, and yet we amend not our own faults. We would have others severely corrected and will not be corrected… — Thomas a Kempis
To serve the Queen of Heaven is already to reign there, and to live under her commands is more than to govern. — John Vianney
Only after the Last Judgment will Mary get any rest; from now until then, she is much too busy with her children. — John Vianney
Christian wife! Follow in the footsteps of the ideal of all womanhood, the Blessed Mother of God; in joy and in sorrow, she will be… — John Vianney
When our hands have touched spices, they give fragrance to all they handle. Let us make our prayers pass through the hands of the Blessed… — John Vianney
We must get away from the traditional idea that the saints in Heaven have one eternal holiday; that they have nothing to occupy them save… — Herbert Lockyer
The Heavenly City already exists and the departed Saints are already there! — David Berg
Those whose primary concern is to destroy others are at the lowest level of development. Those who are only interested in their own satisfaction are… — Frederick Lenz
A saint is someone who has been very selfless and, over a period of lifetimes, generated a tremendous amount of good karma, which has caused… — Frederick Lenz
It is all very well to talk about being the captain of your soul. It is hard, and only a few heroes, saints, and geniuses… — Walter Lippmann
He who esteems the Virginia reel A bait to draw saints from their spiritual weal, And regards the quadrille as a far greater knavery Than… — James Russell Lowell
O chime of sweet Saint Charity, Peal soon that Easter morn When Christ for all shall risen be, And in all hearts new-born! That Pentecost… — James Russell Lowell
Great men may jest with saints; 'tis wit in them; But, in the less foul profanation. — William Shakespeare
The Englishman is under no constitutional obligation to believe that all men are created equal. The American agony is therefore scarcely intelligible, like a saint's… — John Updike

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