#saint

the most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at least unwilling to take it on), is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opportunity. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#politics #saints #leadership

Tolerating a wrong attitude toward another person causes you to follow the spirit of the devil, no matter how saintly you are. ↗

— Oswald Chambers

#saint #sanctification #sin #attitude

You are beautiful but you are empty. One could not die for you ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

#beauty

You are beautiful, but you are empty", he went on. "One could not die for you. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

#the-little-prince #beauty

Recall how often in human history the saint and the rebel have be the same person. (p. 35) ↗

— Rollo May

#saint #courage

...the dead have a way of becoming saints in the eyes of their survivors... ↗

— Rachel Vincent

#death #saints #death

I had one too," Daniel said. He was quiet for a minute. "Do you think after Trenton, we could get married and settle down in an apartment in New York City or somewhere? I could be an industrial designer, and you could fight crime like a part-time ninja assassin." I almost laughed, but then I stopped myself, because I knew it would come out as a sob. I was quiet for a while as I composed myself. "Yeah," I said. "Yeah, that would be awsome. ↗

— Bree Despain

#design

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. ↗

— Colin Bord

#ghost #holy-well #holy-wells #mermaid #sacred-fish

How do I recognize a real saint? Whom I shall see within me whether it is in dreams or trances or meditations, He will be the Saint to me. Because God is the only Saint in this world. He is within our bodies. When He will manifest within my body in the form of a person, he will be saint to me. ↗

— sri jibankrishna or Diamond

#god #meditation #saint #trance #dreams

Caleb offered me a family, but you offered me something worth so much more: myself. ↗

— Bree Despain

#caleb-kalbi #nathan-talbot #the-dark-divine #the-lost-saint #family