Saint Quotes
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“A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him, saying, 'You are mad; you are not like us.”
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“Better to illuminate than merely to shine to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.”
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“Recall how often in human history the saint and the rebel have be the same person. (p. 35)”
― The Courage to Create
― The Courage to Create
“Where most men work for degrees after their names, we work for one before our names: 'St.' It's a much more difficult degree to attain. It takes a lifetime, and you don't get your diploma until you're dead.”
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“The only real sadness, the only real failure, the only great tragedy in life, is not to become a saint.”
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“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 that robes were street clothes once... and still are, in a lot of places. And halos are to that fierce air of innocence what speech balloons in comics are to the sound of the voice itself. Shorthand. But most people just see an old symbol and don't bother looking behind it for the meaning. Sainthood starts to look old-fashioned, unattainable... even repellent. Actually, you can see it all around, once you learn to spot it.”
― A Wizard Alone
― A Wizard Alone
“Tolerating a wrong attitude toward another person causes you to follow the spirit of the devil, no matter how saintly you are.”
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“Each of you has a personal vocation which He has given you for your own joy and sanctity. When a person is conquered by the fire of His gaze, no sacrifice seems too great to follow Him and give Him the best of ourselves. This is what the saints have always done, spreading the light of the Lord ... and transforming the world into a welcoming home for everyone.”
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“It’s been raining outside and I feel like a sad poet, hating my imagination pissing on the roof.”
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“Saintliness is very odd. When people encounter it, they often take it for something else, something completely unlike it: indifference, mockery, scheming, coldness, insolence, perhaps even contempt. But they're mistaken, and that makes them furious. They commit an awful crime. This is doubtless the reason why most saints end up as martyrs.”
― Brodeck
― Brodeck
“God knows I'm no saint, but I don't think I'm more of a sinner than any other man.”
― The Nonesuch
― The Nonesuch
“We designate the spirit of the well as 'she' because in most of her personifications she takes a female form, though not invariably. She appears in many guises - ghost, witch, saint, mermaid, fairy, and sometimes in animal form, often as a sacred fish - and her presence permeates well lore, and indeed water lore generally.”
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“So don't preach at us like you're some kind of saint. You're just another sinner.”
― Fall of Night
― Fall of Night
“As soon as you are born, you're given a name, a religion, a nationality and a race. You spend the rest of your life defining and defending a fictional identity.”
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“To so many people, the Lord is in danger of being no more than a patron saint of our systematic theology instead of the Christ Who is our life.”
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“For a Siddhar yogi, time is precious. It is important to utilize every moment to evolve into ever higher states of consciousness. We understand stagnancy as decay and for growth, we constantly discard the old to welcome change as the new. We tap into the magical abilities to evolve. "Every saint was a sinner in the past" maxim holds true. In the intensity of our yogic pursuit we evolve quickly. By evolving, we know that is the greatest gift of a lifetime we could ever receive- to be angelic as a being of consciousness. Consciousness is ever evolving and dynamic in transforming.”
― Mastery of Consciousness: Awaken the Inner Prophet: Liberate Yourself with Yogic Wisdom.
― Mastery of Consciousness: Awaken the Inner Prophet: Liberate Yourself with Yogic Wisdom.
“My mother looked at me then, with something in her eyes I’d never seen before. A reverence. As if something marvelous and at the same time harrowing had just happened. She blinked, pulling me between her and Saint, and I burrowed in, their warmth instantly making me feel like a child again.”
― Namesake
― Namesake
“It’s my fault. I’m definitely one of those parents who takes a hundred percent responsibility for the monster I created.”
― Carnage
― Carnage
“Well fed devils behave better than famished saints.”
― The Gentleman's Guide to Romancing Your Woman or Significant Other: 11 Inspired Dates Sure to Impress that Won't Break the Bank
― The Gentleman's Guide to Romancing Your Woman or Significant Other: 11 Inspired Dates Sure to Impress that Won't Break the Bank
“Sapiens is the saintly answer
to the clarion call of life,
True sapiens is saintly sapiens,
all else is desecration of life.”
― Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets
to the clarion call of life,
True sapiens is saintly sapiens,
all else is desecration of life.”
― Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets
“They were her recognition and her offering—a bit of matter, coated in glitter, and placed before a saint.”
― Glitter Saints: The Cosmic Art of Forgiveness, a Memoir
― Glitter Saints: The Cosmic Art of Forgiveness, a Memoir
“I’ve been a sucker for that smile since the moment I held her. It’s amazing how cute and evil something can be at the same time.”
― Carnage
― Carnage
“What is it?”
“It’s a souvenir.”
I frown, sitting back in my chair. “For what?”
“I didn’t even wash it.” She laughs.
“Tinsley, that better not be what I think it is.” I growl. She lifts her mother’s eyes and smiles at me. “You can’t take a knife to school.” She knows this. We just went over this last week. With me, her mother, the principal, and the police officer that were present for our mandatory meeting.
“I’m going to mail it to him.”
I run a hand down my face, holding in a sigh. I thought Carnage was going to be the death of me. But nope. It’s my teenage daughter.”
― Carnage
“It’s a souvenir.”
I frown, sitting back in my chair. “For what?”
“I didn’t even wash it.” She laughs.
“Tinsley, that better not be what I think it is.” I growl. She lifts her mother’s eyes and smiles at me. “You can’t take a knife to school.” She knows this. We just went over this last week. With me, her mother, the principal, and the police officer that were present for our mandatory meeting.
“I’m going to mail it to him.”
I run a hand down my face, holding in a sigh. I thought Carnage was going to be the death of me. But nope. It’s my teenage daughter.”
― Carnage
“The hermit’s strength is measured not by how far away he has gone to live, but by the scant distance he requires to detach himself from the city, without ever losing sight of it.”
― The Castle of Crossed Destinies
― The Castle of Crossed Destinies
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