Holy Man Quotes:

A holy man isn't aware that he's holy..As soon as we begin to talk about how holy we are, we aren't holy any more.

- Aiden Wilson Tozer

topic: Men, Holy, Holy Man

Women should not be enlightened or educated in any way. They should, in fact, be segregated as they are the cause of hideous and involuntary erections in holy men.

- Unknown

topic: Men, Scary, Way, Women Bashing, Involuntary

Holy Men! Holy Cabbages! Holy Bean Pods! What do they do but live and suck in sustenance and grow fat?

- Arthur Conan Doyle

topic: Men, Cabbage, Holy, Holy Man

The holy man, though he be distressed, does not eat food mixed with wickedness. The lion, though hungry, will not eat what is unclean.

- Sakya Pandita

topic: Men, Wickedness, Lions, Holy Man

Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man.

- Denis Diderot

topic: Hurt, Men, Self, Holy Man

The holy man was the whole man, the man of integrity, who not only tried to change the world, but to live in it as it was.

- Dorothy Day

topic: Integrity, Men, World, Man Of Integrity, Holy Man

The day you start giving importance to the life of even a little fly, you turn into a holy man!

- Mehmet Murat Ildan

topic: Life, Men, Giving, Holy Man

It’s dangerous to assume that because a person is drawn to holiness in his study that he is thereby a holy man. There is irony here. I am sure that the reason I have a deep hunger to learn of the holiness of God is precisely because I am not holy. I am a profane man—a man who spends more time out of the temple than in it. But I have had just enough of a taste of the majesty of God to want more. I know what it means to be a forgiven man and what it means to be sent on a mission. My soul cries for more. My soul needs more.

- R. C. Sproul

source: R. C. Sproul (2013). “The Holiness of God”, p.33, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

topic: Mean, Men, Here I Am, Holiness Of God, Holy Man

No one can blather on like a holy man with a trapped audience. Well, maybe a politician.

- James S.A. Corey

source: James S. A. Corey (2013). “Abaddon's Gate: Book 3 of the Expanse”, p.89, Hachette UK

topic: Men, Politician, Holy, Blather, Holy Man

Sunlight is one and the same wherever it falls; but only a bright surface like that of water, or of a mirror reflects it fully. So is the light Divine. It falls equally and impartially on all hearts, but the pure and pious hearts of holy men receive and reflect that light well.

- Ramakrishna

topic: Fall, Heart, Men, Holy Man

It's dangerous to assume that because a man is drawn to holiness in his study that he is thereby a holy man. I am sure that the reason that I have a deep hunger to learn of the holiness of God is precisely because I am not holy.

- R. C. Sproul

topic: Men, Holiness, Study, Holiness Of God, Holy Man

In my library I have profitably and pleasantly dwelt among the shining lights, with which the learned, wise, and holy men of all ages have illuminated the world.

- Richard Baxter

source: Richard Baxter (1761). “The Dying Thoughts: Of the Reverend Learned and Holy Mr. Richard Baxter; ... Abridged by Benjamin Fawcett”, p.108

topic: Wise, Men, Light, Shining Light, Holy Man

Have fun, because that's what life is all about.

- Ryan Lochte

topic: Fun, Athlete, Having Fun, Motivational Swimming, Girl Scout

I'm a holy man minus the holiness.

- E. M. Forster

topic: Men, Literature, Holiness, Minus, Holy Man

The bible teaches that a father may sell his daughter for a slave, that he may sacrifice her purity to a mob, and that he may murder her, and still be a good father and a holy man. It teaches that a man may have any number of wives; that he may sell them, give them away, or swap them around, and still be a perfect gentleman, a good husband, a righteous man, and one of God's most intimate friends; and that is a pretty good position for a beginning.

- Helen H. Gardener

topic: Daughter, Husband, Father, Good Husband, Perfect Gentleman

I studiously avoided all so-called "holy men." I did so because I had to make do with my own truth, not accept from others what I could not attain on my own. I would have felt it as a theft had I attempted to learn from the holy men and to accept their truth for myself. Neither in Europe can I make any borrowings from the East, but must shape my life out of myself-out of what my inner being tells me, or what nature brings to me.

- Carl Jung

topic: Men, Europe, Shapes, Holy Man

A holy man is a mighty weapon in the hands of God.

- Robert Murray M'Cheyne

topic: Christian, Men, Hands, Hands Of God, Holy Man

...the holy men sat in an atmosphere reeking of antiquity, so thick with the dust of ages that you can't see through it -nor can they.

- Gertrude Bell

topic: Life, Men, Dust, Antiquity, Holy Man

The holy men and women, whose lives are told throughout this book, witness to the fact that the word of God is alive and has the power to transform us. By discovering these saints, readers will learn how to embody Scripture, letting it enlarge their hearts and mold their lives into the image of Christ.

- Stephen J. Binz

topic: Book, Heart, Men, Holy Man

See here, how fresh is the air, there is the Ganga, and the Sadhus (holy men) are practising meditation, and holding lofty talks! While the moment you will go to Calcutta, you will be thinking of nasty stuff.

- Swami Vivekananda

source: Vivekananda (Swami) (1964). “Complete works”

topic: Men, Thinking, Air, Holy Man

True spiritual knowledge has sometimes flourished most grandly in some who were without eloquence and almost illiterate. And this is very clearly shown by the case of the Apostles and many holy men, who did not spread themselves out with an empty show of leaves, but were bowed down by the weight of the true fruits of spiritual knowledge: of whom it is written in Acts: 'But when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were ignorant and unlearned men, they were astonished' (Acts 4:13).

- John Cassian

source: John Cassian “The Sacred Writings of John Cassian”, Jazzybee Verlag

topic: Christian, Spiritual, Men, Spiritual Knowledge, Illiterate

The second request of the very pure soul is to see the coming of the Father's kingdom (cf. Mt. 6:10). What this means first of all is that each day Christ should reign among holy men. And this happens when the devil's power has been driven out of our hearts through the expulsion of sinful foulness and when God has begun to reign within us amid the good odors of virtue. With fornication vanquished, chastity rules; with anger overcome, peace is king; with pride under foot, humility is sovereign.

- John Cassian

topic: Christian, Kings, Father, Expulsion, Pure Soul

Every religion ... has rituals, practices, holy writings or traditions, etc. Nothing like that has ever developed from Atheism. There are no holy men, holidays or holy books and no agreed-upon canons of faith. In fact, the only thing you can get some Atheists to agree upon is that there is no god.

- Darrel Ray

topic: Atheist, Book, Writing, Agree Upon, Holy Books

He who has renounced all violence towards all living beings, weak or strong, who neither kills nor causes others to kill - him I do call a holy man.

- Gautama Buddha

topic: Strong, Men, Vegetarianism, Holy Man

We the Jainists of India say every day in our prayer, I worship all perfected souls, I worship all spiritual masters, I worship all spiritual instructors, I worship all holy men and women in the world.

- Virchand Gandhi

topic: Spiritual, Prayer, Men, Spiritual Masters, Holy Man

One way for attaining Bhakti is by repeating the name of God a number of times. Mantras have effect: the mere repetition of words.... To obtain Bhakti, seek the company of holy men who have Bhakti, and read books like the Gita and the Imitation of Christ; always think of the attributes of God.

- Swami Vivekananda

topic: Book, Men, Thinking, Attributes Of God, Bhakti

Telephone and telegraph were better means of communication than the holy man's telepathy

- Eric Hobsbawm

source: Eric J. Hobsbawm (1994). “Age of extremes: the short twentieth century, 1914-1991”

topic: Communication, Mean, Men, Means Of Communication, Telepathy

Do I think I'm a holy man? Sometimes.

- Lon Milo DuQuette

source: "My Life With The Spirits: The Adventures of a Modern Magician". Book by Lon Milo DuQuette, 1999.

topic: Men, Thinking, Sometimes, Holy Man

Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps.

- Sitting Bull

topic: Men, White, Poor, Indian, Footsteps

[Cannery Row's] inhabitants are, as the man once said, 'whores, pimps, gamblers, and sons of bitches,' by which he meant everybody. Had the man looked through another peephole he might have said, 'saints and angels and martyrs and holy men,' and he would have meant the same thing.

- John Steinbeck

source: John Steinbeck (1993). “Cannery Row”, p.9, Penguin

topic: Angel, Son, Men, Monterey, Peepholes

The rabbis paled. I’d managed to terrify holy men. Maybe I could beat up a nun for an encore.

- Ilona Andrews

source: Ilona Andrews (2010). “Magic Bleeds”, p.170, Penguin

topic: Men, Holy, Beats, Encores, Holy Man

Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows. Now we are poor but we are free. No white man controls our footsteps. If we must die, we die defending our rights.

- Sitting Bull

topic: Native American, Men, Sight, Indian, Lakota

Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.

- Sitting Bull

topic: Fake People, Native American, Men, Indian, Indian Wisdom

I don't want to be a great leader; I want to be a man who goes around with a little oil can and when he sees a breakdown, offers his help. To me, the man who does that is greater than any holy man in saffron-colored robes. The mechanic with the oil can: that is my ideal in life.

- Baba Amte

topic: Men, Oil, Leader, Saffron, Holy Man

Hence that dread and amazement with which as Scripture uniformly relates holy men were struck and overwhelmed whenever they beheld the presence of God. Men are never duly touched and impressed with a conviction of their insignificance until they have.

- John Calvin

source: John Calvin (1845). “Institutes of the Christian Religion”, p.18, Lulu.com

topic: Men, Scripture, Overwhelmed, Holy Man

By whomsoever no evil is done in deed, or word, or thought, him I call a Brahmin (holy man) who is guarded in these three.

- Gautama Buddha

topic: Buddhist, Men, Evil, Brahmins, Holy Man

The holy man is beyond time, he does not depend on any view nor subscribe to any sect; all current theories he understands, but he remains unattached to any of them.

- Gautama Buddha

topic: Men, Views, Suffering, Holy Man

How those holy men of old could storm the battlements above! When there was no way to look but up, they lifted up their eyes to God who made the hills, with unshakable confidence.

- Herbert Lockyer

topic: Eye, Men, Storm, Holy Man

Holy men of old were moved upon by the Holy Spirit and the revelation given to them is God's Word in the Holy Scriptures. Is God speaking any less today through holy men called of God to bring a message through revelation to this generation? ... We wave our Bibles and cry, 'This is the Word of' God.' Indeed it is God's Word, but the Holy Spirit yet brings revelation to this generation today that is no less God's Word... The prophet is not a method that God uses; but in fact is the only method he uses to speak to this generation.

- Earl Paulk

topic: Men, This Generation, Generations, God Speaking, Holy Man

Bodies of holy men and women exude Miraculous oil, odour of violet. But under heavy loads of trampled clay Lie bodies of the vampires full of blood; Their shrouds are bloody and their lips are wet.

- William Butler Yeats

topic: Truth, Lying, Men, Heavy Loads, Holy Man

Holy men tell us life is a mystery. They embrace that concept happily. But some mysteries bite and bark and come to get you in the dark.

- Dean Koontz

source: Dean Koontz (2007). “Darkfall”, p.25, Penguin

topic: Dark, Men, Mystery, Holy Man

But I contend that the disgusting behavior of many of their alleged 'holy men' relieves us of any intellectual obligation to take the stuff seriously. No amount of sanctimonious rationalization can make such behavior anything but pathological.

- Robert A. Heinlein

topic: Men, Religion, Intellectual, Sanctimonious, Holy Man

...Be holy men and women! Do not forget that the fruits of the apostolate depend on the depth of the spiritual life, on the intensity of prayer, of continual formation and sincere adhesion to the directives of the Church.

- Pope John Paul II

topic: Spiritual, Prayer, Men, Holy Man

The people of Jesus' day thought holy men were unapproachable. But Jesus' work was in the marketplace. He made people feel welcome, and that they had a place. His life was a constant demonstration that there were only two things that really mattered in this life-God and people. They were the only things that lasted forever.

- Rebecca Pippert

topic: Jesus, Men, Two, Holy Man

Will you continue doing goodness even if you know that no one will know them? Will you continue doing kindness even if you know that no one will remember them? Then, you are truly a holy man!

- Mehmet Murat Ildan

topic: Kindness, Men, Remember, Holy Man

SAGE. A wise and Holy man who died a long time ago. No one modern qualifies.

- Diana Wynne Jones

topic: Wise, Men, Long, Holy Man

I disbelieve all holy men and holy books.

- Thomas Paine

topic: Book, Men, Holy, Holy Books, Holy Man

Ram Dass, Krishna Dass, we all spoke through interpreters. There were good interpreters there, educated people in India speak English but Maharaji was the One, the Baba, Holy Man, mendicant, he didn't speak English. We talked to him and it was hard to know him, he was an ancient holy man and I was a 21 year old seeker. So I never knew what was going on, I mean I don't really know what's going on now, my guess work is a little better perhaps.

- Surya Das

source: Source: theindiespiritualist.com

topic: Mean, Men, Years, Baba, Holy Man

The gods we make in our own image are tribal gods. They tell you how very, very little you should tolerate outsiders, who are less favoured of the Lord. Amazingly, there are no recorded cases of the holy man going up the mountain and finding that it's the others who are right. It always turns out that God wants unbelievers to suffer, and what could be more noble than to help him a little? When religion rules, toleration disappears, for you cannot cherish the verdict of death to the infidels, yet also tolerate those who disagree - for those are the very same infidels.

- Simon Blackburn

topic: Men, Suffering, Mountain, Holy Man