#saints

In Ethiopia, the black people became Christians 1700 years ago, hundreds of years before Northern Europe turned to Christianity... And here, most of the saints are black. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#became #before #black #christianity #christians

I've played three presidents, three saints and two geniuses - and that's probably enough for any man. ↗

— Charlton Heston

#enough #geniuses #i #man #played

Look at our fathers in the old days, living masterpieces as they are and shining examples of true religion; and see how feeble our own achievement is, almost nothing. Heaven help us, what is our life in comparison with theirs? Holy people these, true friends of Christ, that could go hungry and thirsty in God's service; cold and ill-clad, worn out with labors and vigils and fasting, with praying and meditating on holy things, with all the persecutions and insults they endured. ↗

— Thomas à Kempis

#life

I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints - the sinners are much more fun. ↗

— Billy Joel

#fun #i #laugh #more #much

Must not I then entertain the saints because I must keep my conscience. ↗

— Anne Hutchinson

#conscience #entertain #i #keep #must

The difference between saints, forget-me-nots, and mountains, have to, have to, have to at a time. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#difference #mountains #saints #time

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