Christ's enemies are but breaking their own heads in pieces, upon the Rock laid in Zion; and the stone is not removed out of its place. Faith hath cause to take courage from our very afflictions; the devil is but a whetstone to sharpen the faith and patience of the saints. I know that he but heweth and polisheth stones, all this time, for the new Jerusalem.
Whilst in speaking of human things, we say that it is necessary to know them before we love can them. . . the saints on the contrary say in speaking of divine things that it is necessary to love them in order to know them, and that we only enter truth through charity.
Saints and sages are still alive. Great masters are still operating. It is up to you to find where they are.
Saints are described as fearing the name of God; they are reverent worshippers; they stand in awe of the Lord's authority; they are afraid of offending Him; they feel their own nothingness in the sight of the Infinite One.
How much unbelief exists in the minds of the Latter-day Saints in regard to one particular doctrine which I revealed to them, and which God revealed to me - namely that Adam is our Father and God-.
We do not need heaven-born saints but just earth-born seekers who believe in peace and want to live in peace.
I hold communications with saints and angels, even with satan himself.
To be saints is not a privilege for a few, but a vocation for everyone.
The ethical practices of lawyers are probably no worse than those of other professions. Lawyers bring some of the trouble on by claiming in a sanctimonious way that they are interested only in justice, not power or wealth. They also suffer guilt by association. Their clients are often people in trouble. Saints need no lawyers: gangsters do.
Saints preserve us,' Dr. Kellen said, and squeezed Galen's shoulder. 'What have we done to our youth?
The way of the world is, to praise dead saints, and persecute living ones.
I didn't seem to have that effect on anyone but it would have been a waste for both of us to be saints.
Great saints are never wimps.
Saints love all beings. They love even those who attempt to harm them.
When two great saints meet, it's a humbling experience.
America is a great country, and we've done a lot of good in the world. But we are a collection of people, not saints. We have our own sins to atone for.
You will find more saints are interested in antichrist than Christ.
Saints are the great teachers of the loving-kindness and fascination with God.
Christ bears with the saints' imperfections; well may the saints one with another.
Mankind has always made too much of its saints and heroes, and how the latter handle the fuss might be called their final test.