Scripture From St Vincent Depaul Quotes & Sayings

The good repent on knowing their sin; the evil become angry when discovered. Ignorance is not the cause of evil, as Plato held; neither is education the answer to the removal of evil. These men had an intellect as well as a will; knowledge as well as intention. Truth can be known and hated; Goodness can be known and crucified. The Hour was approaching, and for the moment the fear of the people deterred the Pharisees. Violence could not be triggered against Him until He would say, 'This is your Hour. — Fulton J. Sheen

What scared Stanley the most about dying wasn't his actual death. He figured he could handle the pain. It wouldn't be much worse than what he felt now. In fact, maybe at the moment of his death he would be too weak to feel pain. Death would be a relief. What worried him the most was the thought of his parents not knowing what happened to him, not knowing whether he was dead or alive. He hated to imagine what it would be like for his mother and father, day after day, month after month, not knowing, living on false hope. For him, at least, it would be over. For his parents, the pain would never end. — Louis Sachar

To my fellow Crosses, keep the faith. — Malorie Blackman

They are mostly Americans and almost all are Protestant. Many have a strong grounding in the Bible. In Jerusalem, they suddenly take off their clothes or shout prophecies on street corners, only to revert to normal after a few days' treatment. — Amos Elon

Concerts have to be seen as a real event for which the aim is to try and feed everybody. — Evelyn Glennie

There have been people in my life who meant me well, taught me valuable lessons, and others who have meant me ill and have given me ample notification that my world is not meant to be all peaches and cream. — Maya Angelou

If they are just, they are better than clever. — Sophocles

Till we can become divine, we must be content to be human, lest in our hurry for change we sink to something lower. — Anthony Trollope

The place you have to start to be any good at this, at acting, is with yourself. Everything is inside of you, all of it - the murderer, the great mother, the therapist, the husband. Everything is inside of us. — Jane Lynch

I like examining the ordinary, and by doing so, one hopefully reveals the extraordinary nature within. — Kevin Henkes

Anyone who offers up their heart on a silver platter deserves what they get. — Holly Black

I don't know whether it's age or maturity, but I certainly find myself committed more and more to the looser forms of Western democracy at any price. — John Le Carre

Of course no president, Democratic or Republican - no president - is above the law, as neither are you, nor I, nor anyone. — Patrick Leahy

Just because it's not what you're expecting doesn't mean it's not everything you might need. — K. Bromberg

People lie to cover their mistakes, and then make even worse ones to cover their lies. — Anne Perry