Saintliness Quotes
18 quotes by 16 authors
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Wakefulness is the only saintliness there is, and sleepiness, unconsciousness, is the only sin there is; all other sins are born out of it. Cut…
— Rajneesh
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Infinite perfection is in every man, though unmanifested. Every man has in him the potentiality of attaining to perfect saintliness, Rishihood, or to the most…
— Swami Vivekananda
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All expectations belong to the mind, all disciplines belong to the mind, all so-called saintliness and so-called sin belong to the mind. When there is…
— Rajneesh
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Most of the world's great souls have been lonely. Loneliness seems to be one price the saint must pay for his saintliness... Always remember: you…
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
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Healing the wounds of the earth and its people does not require saintliness or a political party, only gumption and persistence. It is not a…
— Paul Hawken
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Do not think that saintliness comes from occupation; it depends rather on what one is. The kind of work we do does not make us…
— Meister Eckhart
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Saintliness is also a temptation.
— Jean Anouilh
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Today it is not nearly enough to be a saint, but we must have the saintliness demanded by the present moment, a new saintliness, itself…
— Simone Weil
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If one avoids haughtiness to the utmost extent and is exceedingly humble, he is termed a saint, and this is the standard of saintliness.
— Maimonides
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In Jewish tradition, death-defying devotion to scholarship was the stuff of saintliness.
— Israel Shenker
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You don't have to be religious to have a soul; everybody has one. You don't have to be religious to perfect your soul; I have…
— Harold S. Kushner
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Artists put as much vitality and delight into their saintliness and escape out as most men do their escapes into similar places from respectable existence.
— Wyndham Lewis
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What makes saintliness in my view, as distinguished from ordinary goodness, is a certain quality of magnanimity and greatness of soul that brings life within…
— Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Mother Teresa was the very embodiment of saintliness: white-clad, sad-eyed, ascetic and often photographed with the wretched of the earth.
— Steven Pinker
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I doubt if I have made the best use of all my calamities. Soft, amiable natures they would have refined to saintliness; of strong, evil…
— Charlotte Bronte
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You will be at your best forever, Even now you have good moments. Occasional glimpses of your heavenly self. When you change your baby's diaper,…
— Max Lucado
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Those who are truly enlightened, those whose souls are illuminated by love, have been able to overcome all of the inhibitions and preconceptions of their…
— Paulo Coelho
Who Wrote These Saintliness Quotes
16 authors contributed a total of 18 Saintliness Quotes as follows: