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The creed of a true saint is to make the best of life, and to make the most of it.

 

Edwin Hubbell Chapin

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H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

 

Never talk ill of anybody, be he a devotee, a monk, or an ordinary householder, nor despise any for a wrong act. After all, everyone is a child of the Lord. Who knows today's sinning will not make him a saint tomorrow? Other acts do not count so much as a moment's of love for the Lord. Blessed is he who has loved Him even for a moment. Saint or sinner, the Lord loves all.

 

Swami Adbhutananda