Blessed Quote by Victor Hugo

Saints were saints because they acted with loving kindness whether they felt like it or not.

— Dan Millman

“It was because the saints were absorbed in God that they were truly capable of seeing and appreciating created things and it was because…

— 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

The saints must be honored as friends of Christ and children and heirs of God. Let us carefully observe the manner of life of…

— John of Damascus

The saints were people like all of us. Many of them came out of great sins, but by repentance they attained the Kingdom of…

— Silouan the Athonite

Saints didn't set out to have everyone follow them. Saints set out to follow Jesus, and others followed them in their pursuit of Him.

— Mark Hart

“He therefore turned to mankind only with regret. His cathedral was enough for him. It was peopled with marble figures of kings, saints and…

— Victor Hugo

Monsters are the patron saints of imperfection.

— Guillermo del Toro

The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.

— Teresa of Avila

The Saints were not superhuman. They were people who loved God in their hearts, and who shared this joy with others.

— Pope Francis

I just remember their kindness and goodness to me, and their peacefulness and their utter simplicity. They inspired real reverence, and I think, in…

— Thomas Merton

What did all the saints have in common? They feared sin more than even physical death.

— Mark Hart