Ancestor Quote by Peter Singer

Many people genuinely do not want to be saints, and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have never felt…

— George Orwell

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

I think that not only do saints make poor role models, they are incapable in one sense of identifying radically with those of us…

— Michael Eric Dyson

People are not saints just because they haven't got much money or education.

— Robertson Davies

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

The wonderful thing about saints is that they were human. They lost their tempers, got hungry, scolded God, were egotistical or impatient in their…

— Phyllis McGinley

Saints cannot exist without a community, as they require, like all of us, nurturance by a people who, while often unfaithful, preserve the habits…

— Stanley Hauerwas

We're not saints, any of us. Maybe somebody is, but I don't know those people. But we all know people who behave very smugly…

— Heidi Julavits

We are not saints yet, but we, too, should beware. Uprightness and virtue do have their rewards, in self-respect and in respect from others,…

— Philip Neri

“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

The attitude of saints toward their possessions most assuredly signifies whether they continue to preserve their self life or whether they have consigned it…

— Watchman Nee

I repeat, not the man does it, because he has nothing to say on his own destiny, because how the history of the human…

— Sorin Cerin