Quotes of Sainthood - somelinesforyou

“ Every writing career starts as a personal quest for sainthood, for self-betterment. Sooner or later, and as a rule quite soon, a man discovers that his pen accomplishes a lot more than his soul. ”

- Joseph Brodsky

“ Sainthood emerges when you can listen to someone's tale of woe and not respond with a description of your own. ”

- Andrew V. Mason

“ My father was a statesman, I am a political woman. My father was a saint. I am not. ”

- Indira Gandhi

“ The slow-witted approach to the HIV epidemic was the result of a thousand years of Christian malpractice and the childlike approach of the church to sexuality. If any single man was responsible, it was Augustine of Hippo who murdered his way to sainthood spouting on about the sins located in his genitals. ”

- Derek Jarman

“ Some Catholics have a concept I very much admire: the Sacrament of the Present Moment. It suggests that every moment of our lives is sacred, and that we should make of each moment a sacrament. Were we to do this we would think of the entire world as diffused with holiness… ”

- M. Scott Peck
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