Mysticism Quote by Lois McMaster Bujold

“Many of the insights of the saint stem from his experience as a sinner.”

— Eric Hoffer

“The essence of sainthood is expiation.”

— Rex Stout

“The Lord preserve us from sainthood”

— Nikos Kazantzakis

“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

“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

“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

Sainthood lies in the habit of referring the smallest actions to God.

— C. S. Lewis

Many of the insights of the saint stem from their experience as sinners.

— Eric Hoffer

“Saintliness means turning pain to good account. It means forcing the devil to be God.”

— Jean Genet

“despite his betrayal. In my opinion, no saint goes without sinning, and no sinner goes without having some saintly qualities.  You can judge one…

— Sierra Rose

“Every sinner needs a saint to balance them out,”

— K. Bromberg

“A saint is long past any desire for distinction; he is the only sort of superior man who has never been a superior person.”

— G.K. Chesterton