Léon Bloy wrote: 'Life holds only one tragedy: not to have been a saint
Don't canonize me too soon. I'm perfectly capable of fathering a child.
If oppression produced saints, we’d want everyone to be oppressed.
Politicians and figureheads bank on the amnesia of the ignorant.
There is no sinner like a young saint.
Don't fool yourself, my dear. You're much worse than a bitch. You're a saint. Which shows why saints are dangerous and undesirable.
All the hungers we have for love, for union, for happiness are given by God to lead us to him. The difference between a saint and the greatest sinner is where they go to satisfy that hunger.
What Saint has ever won his crown without first contending for it?
A christian martyrdom is never an accident, for Saints are not made by accident.
One of my favorite movies is 'A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints.'
The history of saints is mainly the history of insane people.
Go back to Socrates: "Know thyself." For Socrates, there are only two kinds of people: the wise, who know they are fools; and fools, who think they are wise. Similarly, for Christ and all the prophets...
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