Saint Quotes

1317 Saint quotes by 721 unique authors

Communing with God is communing with our own hearts, our own best selves, not with something foreign and accidental. Saints and devotees have gone into… — John Burroughs
Colleges hate geniuses, just as convents hate saints. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
How can you possibly believe he really loves you?” Miss Sneezy looks from the Mother to the Saint to Mr. Whittier’s hand.“You have no choice,”… — Chuck Palahniuk
There is a difficulty with only one person changing. People call that person a great saint or a great mystic or a great leader, and… — David Bohm
I am a man and alive. For this reason I am a novelist. And, being a novelist, I consider myself superior to the saint, te… — D. H. Lawrence
When I look up, I see people cashing in. I don't see heaven or saints or angels. I see people cashing in on every decent… — Joseph Heller
If God wanted a world filled with saints, He never would have created adolescence. — Susan Beth Pfeffer
She could never be a saint, but she thought she could be a martyr if they killed her quick. — Flannery O'Connor
No one could really hate a saint, could they? They can't really hate God either. When they want to Hate Him and His saints they… — Evelyn Waugh
But, you know, I feel more fellowship with the defeated than with saints. Heroism and sanctity don't really appeal to me, I imagine. What interests… — Albert Camus
Power," Nita heard her father say behind her. "Creation. Forces from before time. This is--this business is for saints, not children!" Even saints have to… — Diane Duane
This is newness: every little tawdry Obstacle glass-wrapped and peculiar, Glinting and clinking in a saint's falsetto. Only you Don't know what to make of… — Sylvia Plath
When everyone is determined to present someone as a monster, there are two possibilities: either he’s a saint or they themselves are not telling the… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
I watch the Eruptions. Mount Dad, long dormant, now considered armed and dangerous. Mount Saint Mom, oozing lava, spitting flame. Warn the villagers to run… — Laurie Halse Anderson
Cast me into a dungeon;, burn me at the state, crown me king of kings, I can 'pursue happiness' as long as my brain lives… — Robert A. Heinlein
His life oscillates, as everyone's does, not merely between two poles, such as the body and the spirit, the saint and the sinner, but between… — Hermann Hesse
A girl had bidden me eat and drink and sleep, and had shown me friendship and had laughed at me and had called me a… — Hermann Hesse
I don't think the real America is in New York or on the Pacific Coast; personally, I like the Middle West much better, places like… — Charlie Chaplin
Nowadays, if a man living in a civilized country (ha!) hears cannon blasts in his sleep, he will, of course, mistake them for thunderclaps, gun… — Andrea Camilleri
I guess this means that our conflict is finally over. Perhaps we should celebrate." – Saint Dane Perhaps you should bite me." Bobby — D. J. MacHale
Can I ask you a question?" "I'd be disappointed if you didn't." "How many of those suits do you have? Do you like, send them… — D. J. MacHale
I see you brought along your violent little girlfriend. What a nice surprise!" - Saint Dane (The Reality Bug) — D. J. MacHale
Looks like it's time to liven up this dead little town!" - Saint Dane (The Reality Bug) — D. J. MacHale
Statues lined the stairs and stood, dotted across the roof. But they had been brutalized by time and the weather. Some were missing arms. Many… — Anthony Horowitz
There are conversations going on about the Church constantly. Those conversations will continue whether or not we choose to participate in them. But we cannot… — M. Russell Ballard

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