“It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found / not hidden away in corners but in the midst of occasions of sin. And believe me, although we may more often fail and commit small lapses, our gain will be incomparably the greater.”
St. Teresa of Avila
“Hate the sin and love the sinner.”
Mahatma Ghandi
“Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.”
Oscar Wilde
“A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.”
Abigail Van Buren
“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
“Christianity didn't make us saints overnight. We struggle as everyone struggles in the world. The challenge is to live out the true Christian life in historical context.”
Wati Aier
“I've gone from saint to whore and back to saint again, all in one lifetime.”
Ingrid Bergman
