Catholic Quote by Leonard Goffiné

“The speaker calls for a careful examination of Christ's principle of turning the other cheek before we use it as a demand or excuse…

— John Thackway

“We had a bishop this morning and what do you think he said? "The most beneficent promise made us in the Bible is this,'The…

— Jean Webster

“When a Catholic priest from across the street insulted one of our members, you demanded he apologize. When he did, you accepted, as his…

— Mitch Albom

“He will glory against the church, and say, ‘These are your holy preachers: you see what their preciseness is, and whither it will bring…

— Charles H. Spurgeon

“it was much less dangerous for the disciples of Christ to neglect the observance of the moral duties, than to despise the censures and…

— Edward Gibbon

“Most priests wish they were as righteous as they seem to most members of their congregations.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“will say this much for the nobility: that, tyrannical, murderous, rapacious, and morally rotten as they were, they were deeply and enthusiastically religious. Nothing…

— Mark Twain

“I will say this much for the nobility: that, tyrannical, murderous, rapacious and morally rotten as they were, they were deeply and enthusiastically religous.…

— Mark Twain

“All those who come in contact with his [Christ's] personality, even though they may neither bow to his altar or kneel before his priest,…

— Oscar Wilde

“Like the rest of the devout, he was incapable of understanding that the Holy One's face is never turned away but constantly looks down…

— Frederick Buechner

“Parents should not take all the blame for this,” interjected the Bishop. “We are guilty, too, priests and religious. We have been too concerned…

— Katharine Galgano

“The church must suffer for speaking the truth, for pointing out sin, for uprooting sin. No one wants to have a sore spot touched,…

— Oscar A. Romero