Bishops Quotes

• It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window.

  Raymond Chandler

  Beauty, Glasses, Blonde

  Farewell, My Lovely ch. 13 (1940)

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• The road to hell is paved with adverbs.

  Stephen King

  Movie, Writing, Sisterhood

  FaceBook post by Stephen King from Feb 06, 2013

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• Sometimes angels rush in where fools fear to tread.

  Cary Grant

  Angel, Fool, Sometimes

  "Fictional character: Dudley". "The Bishop's Wife", www.imdb.com. 1947.

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• And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops.

  Hans Kung

  People, Community, Understanding

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• I was at a benefit for some imprisoned students in the '60s at San Francisco State, and there were lots of poets reading for the benefit: one was Elizabeth Bishop.

  Thom Gunn

  Reading, San Francisco, Benefits

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• Accusations are made directly to Rome about theologians from persons who are not theologians. Some of these accusations are anonymous. The local bishop should be the one to relate to theologians to determine orthodoxy.

  Godfried Danneels

  Rome, Orthodoxy, Accusation

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• I do not think there are many among Bishops that will be saved, but many more that perish.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Thinking, Paved Roads, Saved

  Saint John Chrysostom, Aeterna Press (2015). “The Homilies of Saint John Chrysostom: On the Acts of the Apostles”, p.52, Aeterna Press

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• JFK used to say the bishops and the cardinals were all Republicans, but the nuns were Democrats! I sort of believe that too.

  Kitty Kelley

  Believe, Republican, Used

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• My father would have been made a bishop much earlier than he was had it not been for me and my image.

  Grace Jones

  Father, Made, Has Beens

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• Here we have bishops, priests, and deacons, a Censorship Board, vigilant librarians, confraternities and sodalities, Duce Maria, Legions of Mary, Knights of this Christian order and Knights of that one, all surrounding the sinner's free will in an embattled circle.

  Sean O'Casey

  Christian, Knights, Order

  Sean O'Casey (1975). “The Letters of Sean O'Casey: 1955-58”, Catholic University of Amer Press

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• Chekhov said: let's put God - and all these grand progressive ideas - to one side. Let's begin with man; let's be kind and attentive to the individual man - whether he's a bishop, a peasant, an industrial magnate, a convict in the Sakhalin Islands, or a waiter in a restaurant. Let's begin with respect, compassion, and love for the individual - or we'll never get anywhere.

  Vasily Grossman

  Men, Compassion, Islands

  Vasily Grossman (2011). “Life And Fate (Vintage Classic Russians Series)”, p.267, Random House

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• There is no better motto which it [culture] can have than these words of Bishop Wilson, "To make reason and the will of God prevail."

  Matthew Arnold

  Culture, Reason, Motto

  Matthew Arnold (2016). “Culture and Anarchy”, p.8, BookRix

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• If God accepts the sacrifice of my life, may my death be for the freedom of my people. A bishop will die, but the Church of God, which is the people, will never perish. I do not believe in death without resurrection. If they kill me, I will rise again in the people of El Salvador.

  Oscar Romero

  Believe, Sacrifice, People

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• We have experienced the truth of this prophecy, for England has become the habitation of outsiders and the dominion of foreigners. Today, no Englishman is earl, bishop, or abbott, and newcomers gnaw away at the riches and very innards of England; nor is there any hope for an end of this misery.

  William of Malmesbury

  Riches, Outsiders, England

  "The English and the Normans". Book by Hugh Thomas, p. 56, 2003.

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• The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

  Samuel Johnson

  Wisdom, Writing, Procrastination

  Statement on April 14, 1775. "Life of Samuel Johnson". Book by James Boswell. Volume II, 1791.

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• The road to Hell is paved with unbought stuffed dogs.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Dog, Writing, Sisterhood

  Ernest Hemingway (2016). “The Sun Also Rises”, p.37, Hamilton Books

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• The road to hell is paved with leeks and potatoes

  Julie Powell

  Writing, Sisterhood, Skulls

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• The bishops will govern the Church, the priests will do all the work and the deacons will have all the fun.

  Richard Cushing

  Fun, Church, Deacons

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• The love of Christ always helps us see beyond the faults of others.

  Victor Manuel Rivera

  Christian, Religious, Jesus

  Victor Manuel Rivera (2010). “In Search of True Freedom”, p.37, Xulon Press

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• No time is so well spent in every day as that which we spend upon our knees.

  J. C. Ryle

  Christian, Religious, Prayer

  J.C. Ryle (2015). “Bible commentary - The gospel of Matthew”, p.158, Editora Dracaena

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• If we live the faith in our daily life, then our work too becomes a chance to spread the joy of being a Christian.

  Pope Francis

  God, Faith, Christian

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• There is no such thing as low-cost Christianity. Following Jesus means swimming against the tide, renouncing evil and selfishness

  Pope Francis

  God, Faith, Christian

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• Arise my soul, and review your deeds which have preceeded from you. Scrutinize them closely, and shed the rain of your tears, declaring openly to Christ your thoughts and deeds, so that you may be justified.

  Andrew of Crete

  Religious, Jesus, Rain

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• God is the one who satisfies the passion for justice, the longing for spirituality, the hunger for relationship, the yearning for beauty. And God, the true God, is the God we see in Jesus of Nazareth, Israel's Messiah, the world's true Lord.

  N. T. Wright

  Relationship, Beauty, Faith

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• God is not a Christian, God is not a Jew, or a Muslim, or a Hindu, or a Buddhist. All of those are human systems which human beings have created to try to help us walk into the mystery of God. I honor my tradition, I walk through my tradition, but I don't think my tradition defines God, I think it only points me to God.

  John Shelby Spong

  God, Christian, Buddhist

  "Walking into the Mystery of God" by John Shelby Spong, www.uua.org.

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