Dies Quote by Ramakrishna

But the trouble with sainthood these days is the robe-and-halo imagery that gets stuck onto it." Carl got that brooding look again. "People forget…

— Diane Duane

“The Lord preserve us from sainthood”

— Nikos Kazantzakis

I have a hundred-year-old aunt who aspires to sainthood, and whose only wish has been to go into the convent, but no congregation, not…

— Isabel Allende

“Yes, the saint was underrated quite a bit, then, mostly by people who didn’t like things that were ineffable… …a lot of people don’t…

— Donald Barthelme

The only saint is that soul that never weakens, faces everything, and determines to die game.

— Swami Vivekananda

“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

According to the Church, one of the key attributes of sainthood is death. You have to die first. So, I'll agree already (that) I…

— Lino Rulli

It is well for his peace that the saint goes to his martyrdom. He is spared the sight of the horror of his harvest.

— Oscar Wilde

When the history of the 20th century is written, there are going to be some pretty obscure people who are entitled to sainthood. And…

— Dick Morris

“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

A saint is a sinner who never gave up.

— Paramahansa Yogananda

It's impossible to represent a saint [in Art]. It becomes boring. Perhaps because he is, like the Saturday Evening Post people, inthe position of…

— W. H. Auden