Saint Quotes

I'm not a saint! Thanks God!

Maybe when we face a tragedy, someone, somewhere is preventing a bigger tragedy from happening.

No one is ever satisfied where he is....Only the children know what they’re looking for....

One of the great Sufis said: 'A saint is a saint unless he knows that he is one.

We are all sinful. Trouble is that some men consider themselves less sinful than others or holier than others.

It’s been raining outside and I feel like a sad poet, hating my imagination pissing on the roof.

Trust what is not known to your Mind. Trust what is known to your Heart.

The Beloved is Always There, Actively Seeking You.

When we understand that Peace is a state of mind we understand true Peace.

The practice is simple. Whatever you're doing, do that with total awareness.

The activity of loving kindness is the bridge that allows you to slowly, slowly realise the wisdom and perfection of this moment.

Satisfaction doesn't come from needs and desires or fulfilling them, it comes from being yourself, being true.

Everything is temporary but the power of Love is Infinite because it is the space, it is Everything.

Spiritual practice is allowing the temple (your body) to be full of light and to live life as a total celebration.

Wisdom is a true activity of compassion. And so, meditation is the act of loving kindness. It is the activity where loving kindness is applied on all levels.

The way to Bliss is through Understanding, through Wisdom.

The natural consequence of being connected to the depth, what I call the soul, or your essence, is the attribute of joy.

There is no sin, no crime, no evil, God cannot forgive

A man is called a saint not because he does no longer sin but because he recognizes his weakness and seeks for forgiveness every time he falls

A man is called a sinner not because he sins more than others but because he defends he sins and glories in them and is unwilling to seek forgiveness

I would rather be a conscious wrongdoer than a mindless saint.

It is a matter of life and death for us

The experience of humanism is that 'nothing human is alien to me'

Even the kindest saint does have their own adversary

You always think you want to be noticed. Until you are.

There are no saints either. We are immortal, but not so unlike the humans as you think. We have enemies, we have duties, we hate, we struggle, and we love.

Willmore: There is no sinner like a young saint.

The distinction between a delusion and a lie is the very difference between a successful saint and a fraud.

Character isn't all about becoming a saint or perfect. No one is perfect! There are areas we all are working on to improve and fine tune..

The here, the now and the individual have always been the special concern of the saint, the artist, the poet and -- from time immemorial--the woman.

It's easy to be a saint when all you've known is the good.

...I put you on the pedestal - made you a saint - dare I blaspheme?...

Great men are great until they know it. Saints are holy until they know it.

You think me noble?” She rolled to her side facing him. “Am I saint-like? Do I slay dragons and hang the moon as well?

He's better now, Loo. He's taking care of the cats.

What matters is the sinner becomes a saint through the grace of salvation in Christ Jesus.

If Hitch were a person, he'd be Mother Theresa or Gandhi or someone who treated all living creatures with the respect they deserve. It's depressing how my dog is a better human being than I am.

He lived like a devil and died like a saint

No one showed any signs of recognizing me. I didn't know what I'd do if they did, other than lie like a devil and pray like a saint.

A sheet spread beneath an apple-tree can receive only apples

Saints are slaves of good works.Sages are slaves of wisdom.Conquerors are slaves of victory.

Must then a Christ perish in torment in every age to save those that have no imagination?