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Saintliness Quotes

“Calamity with us, is made an excuse for doing wrong. With them, it is erected into a reason for their doing right. This is really the justice of rich to poor, and I protest against it because it is so.”

Justice Letters Hypocrisy Disability Saintliness

Author:Charles Dickens

“Don't reach for the halo too soon. You have plenty of time to enjoy yourself, even a little maliciously sometimes, before you settle down to being a saint.”

Humanity Human Nature Schadenfreude Saintliness

Book:Monk's Hood

Source: Monk's Hood

“The empire of the sky occupies territory emptied of vitality. Heavenly imperialism aims at biological neutrality. How does music suck our blood? Man cannot live without support in space. But music annihilates space completely. The only art capable of bringing comfort, yet it opens up more wounds than all the others! Music is the sound track of askesis. Could one make love after Bach? Not even after Handel, whose unearthliness does not have a heavenly perfume. Music is a tomb of delights, beatitude which buries us. Saintliness also draws blood. We lose it in direct proportion to our longing for heaven. The roads to heaven have been worn smooth by all the erring instincts. Indeed, heaven was born of these errors.”

Philosophy Music Saints Saintliness

Book:Tears and Saints

Source: Tears and Saints

“A saint is not a person who does not sin; but a sinner who never stops doing good”

Saint Sinner Sins Saints Sainthood Saintliness

Book:The Great Pearl of Wisdom

Source: The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“We are moved by self-interest, even when we seek to do good to others.”

Holy Saint Holiness Self Interest Saints Sainthood Hard Truths Hypocrisy In Everyone Hypocrisy Of Religion Saintliness Hypocrisy Quote

Book:The Great Pearl of Wisdom

Source: The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“Saintliness interests me for the delirium of self-aggrandizement hidden beneath its meekness, it's Will to Power masked by goodness. Saints have used their deficiencies to their best advantage. Yet their megalomania is undefinable, strange, and moving.”

Saints Will To Power Saintliness

Book:Tears and Saints

Source: Tears and Saints

“Saintliness doesn't mean flawlessness, saintliness means being aware of the flaws and mending them as you grow through life.”

Growth Self Awareness Errors Personal Growth Saint Mistakes Self Realization Self Correction Saintliness

Book:Heart Force One: Need No Gun to Defend Society

Source: Heart Force One: Need No Gun to Defend Society