Books Quote by G.K. Chesterton

People have no idea what one saint can do: for sanctity is stronger than the whole of hell.

— Thomas Merton

“Saintliness is very odd. When people encounter it, they often take it for something else, something completely unlike it: indifference, mockery, scheming, coldness, insolence,…

— Philippe Claudel

“Our saints have always been theives and murderers. That's the proof of the loftiness of their hearts. (spoken by Ulrich's neighbor)”

— Rana Dasgupta

For me to be a saint means to be myself. Therefore the problem of sanctity and salvation is in fact the problem of finding…

— Thomas Merton

“And anyway, it has been my experience that what makes us the saints of  God is not our ability to be saintly but rather…

— Nadia Bolz-Weber

“Many people genuinely do not wish to be saints, and it is possible that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have never had…

— George Orwell

Saints are what they are not because their sanctity makes them admirable to others, but because the gift of sainthood makes it possible for…

— Thomas Merton

“Saints and Sinners may be separated by their actions, but they are united by their reaction to passion.”

— Gaiven Clairmont

“I believe in saints as I believe in sanctity. I believe in miracles as I believe in God, who can suspend the laws of…

— Morris L. West

The saints differ from us in their exuberance, the excess of our human talents. Moderation is not their secret. It is in the wildness…

— Phyllis McGinley

Sanctity has to do with gratitude. To be a saint is to be fueled by gratitude, nothing more and nothing less.

— Ronald Rolheiser

“A man becomes a saint not by conviction that he is better than sinners but by the realization that he is one of them,…

— Thomas Merton