"Of one hundred people who take up the spiritual life, eighty turn out to be charlatans, fifteen insane, and only five…"

"During the 4th century devotion to the martyrs spread rapidly. This took place through entries in the calendar of one…"

"The master by residing in the Tao, sets an example for all beings. Because he doesn't display himself, people can see…"

"The soul can only receive impulses from another soul, and from nothing else. We may study books all our lives, we may…"

"Long ago the famous Bollandist Hippolyte Delehaye wrote: 'Happy is the saint who finds a biographer worthy of him.' T…"

"The public veneration of saints in the Christian Church is known to have existed in the 2nd century. As will be shown…"

"By the way, I have been reading the last volume of the Bible (the Epistles & Apocalypse) in your modern edition. I lo…"

"Saints do not die. It is their lot, To die while on this earth To all that God is not."

"Men, she thought, had always been able to seek holiness when they wanted to because some woman was back at home takin…"

"Through the ages zealous bishops had intervened to suppress false cults, but only in the late 12th and 14th centuries…"