St Benedict Quotes

St Benedict Quote of the day

Evil draws its power from indecision and concern for what other people think.

The only rule is that there are no rules.

One problem with being a leader, is that even among your friends you are alone, for it is you -- and you alone -- to whom the others look for final guidance.

The gym is always open, except when it's closed.

Was it worse for him, Reynie wondered, to have felt loved and then rejected? Or was it worse to have always felt alone?

The patriots of 1776 had far more to fear from Benedict Arnold than they did King George. An enemy easily identified is much less formidable than one who marches in the uniform of an ally.

Every great thinker keeps a journal, you know.

Remember, children. For every exit, there is also an entrance. ~ Milligan, The Mysterious Benedict Society

And please don't call me that." I didn't call you 'that', I called you George Washington.

You are the smartest children i know. You just don't beleive it.

Milligan! Come and tell us why you're so dreadfully glum!" ~ Constance, The Mysterious Benedict Society

Maybe it's because I was an only child, but I've always wanted kids.

Temperament is fixed, set. The skull, followed by the temperament: the two hardest parts of the body. Follow your temperament. It is not a philosophy, It is a rule, like the Rule of St Benedict.

Forty-one rules aren't so many - St. Benedict had 73 to keep the brethren on the straight and narrow.

How can Benedict Arnold be reliable in what he says?

Glancing in through the open door to Xav’s room, I saw Zed stretched out on the queen mattress, his arm hugging a pillow as if he felt Sky’s absence at his side.

Books had been her means of escape

I revised my opinion that the girl was timid. She appeared to have her giant well under control and a disturbing ability to know what I was feeling.

Has anybody ever told you you’re a remarkably cynical person?”“I like to think of it as learning from experience.

You have half our gifts. I the other. Together we make a whole. Together we are much more powerful.

What were we talking before I was so rudely interrupted by a flying citrus ?

Yeah, well, not many boys take their girls out on a duck shoot with them as target for a first date. You have to give me points for style.

You pushed it too far. You shouldn't take the same risk again.""Says the guy who got shot.

I've just had a really evil idea.""My favourite kind

I can't settle for merely liking a man when I've known what it’s like to love one.

Abbey relaxed, grateful not only that someone had thought to throw a party for her, but that she had been able to escape attending.

She could have just told him about the magic phone. Full disclosure. Then they could have solved it together. They could have Sherlocked and Watsoned from both endsof the timeline.

She could have just told him about the magic phone. Full disclosure. Then they could have solved it together. They could have Sherlocked and Watsoned from both ends of the timeline

Life is mostly pain and struggle

Benedict sets up a community, a family. And families, the honest among us will admit, are risky places to be if perfection is what y ou are expecting in life.

Benedict sets up a community, a family. And families, the honest among us will admit, are risky places to be if perfection is what you are expecting in life.