Maidens who stay maidens turn into saints. Old women become sorceresses. Tough jobs, both of these.
Courage becomes a worthwhile and meaningful virtue when it is regarded not so much as a willingness to die manfully but as a determination to live decently.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bears His name. He stands at its head and directs it through His chosen prophets.
Common participation in the Eucharist can only be a final outcome of ecumenic dialogue, not the starting point.
There's always the tendency to transform the Church into an ethical agency, and of measuring the Church by the yardstick of social and cultural utility.
It is well known how the monks wrote silly lives of Catholic Saints over the manuscripts on which the classical works of ancient heathendom had been written.
There was no pomp and ceremony in connection with the birth of Jesus - rather the opposite: it took place in simplicity and in poverty.
I see lots of differences between Australians and Americans - but as mothers, I think we're pretty much alike!
The undoubtedly lives in belief in God. recognises Christianity as the builder of Western culture. { }
It’s been raining outside and I feel like a sad saint, hating Satan’s pissing on the roof.
Others too would occasionally entertain and privately express such doubts; though we all had been most solemnly warned by the cruel murder of Saint Francis.
I did want to be a pilot. I wanted to be a military pilot because I liked airplanes. I was interested in modeling airplanes.
Language is the amber in which a thousand precious and subtle thoughts have been safely embedded and preserved.
There is always tension between the possibilities we aspire to and our wounded memories and past mistakes.
If we misuse the gift of sexuality, we're going to suffer the consequences, and I firmly believe we are suffering the consequences.
Certainly our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters need to be supported in living out their call to holiness.
My plan was to land in Red Square, but there were too many people and I thought I'd cause casualties.
I got the first thing I auditioned for - a guest role on two episodes on 'All Saints,' and I don't think I had ever been that excited.
Your priority has to be the creativity - and build a brand. That's what everybody did - Balenciaga, Dior, Saint Laurent. That's the smart thing to do.
Who needs to graduate from Central Saint Martins in London or New York's Fashion Institute of Technology when a homemade outfit can go viral on YouTube with millions of hits?
The ability to share the gospel isn't a 'gift' that has been given to only a few Latter-day Saints and denied to the rest.
