"He--the country parson--is not witty or learned or eloquent, but holy."
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"If you yearn for holy felicity, shed your arrogance and Become A Seeker Of Hearts."
"Believe in the holy contour of life."
"The beating heart of the universe is holy joy."
"By God ye shall be called to account for your doings!"
"We serve life, not because it is broken, but because it is holy."
"The Holy Ghost has called me by the gospel and illuminated me with his gifts and sanctified and preserved me in the true faith."
"The Koran shows every sign of being thrown together by human beings, as do all the other holy books."
"If you put your soul against the oar with me, the power that made the universe will enter your sinew from a source not outside of your limbs, but from a holy realm that lives within us."
"Holy Writ was intended to teach men how to go to Heaven not how the heavens go."
"Everything was God, holy; as God is total, so the driftwood branch was holy. This must be the stuff religion is made of."
"While it is good that we seek to know the Holy One, it is probably not so good to presume that we ever complete the task."
"The mind, unless it is pure and holy, cannot see God."
"He who, calm and clear as the moon, hankers no more for continuity-he is holy."
"Noble friends and companions are the whole of the holy life."
"God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause."
"The Bible is clear that the Holy Spirit is God Himself."
"A holy person is someone who is whole; who has, as it were, reconciled his opposites."
"O fallen angel, the companion within me, whisper something holy before you pinch me into the grave."
"Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty !"