Times have changed since George Herbert... but the principle and spirit in which he ministered as a priest remains an inspiration and model for all priests.
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
My daddy was a minister, my grandfather was a voodoo priest, my uncle was a mason; I was raised with a lot of studies.
I don't miss being a priest. The fulfillment factor in matrimony is far greater.
I just wanted to be an ordinary parish priest.
I have never had demands on me as acute as when I was a parish priest.
The priest is the personification of falsehood.
Man is priest, and scholar, and statesman, and producer, and soldier.
The relationship between the prophet and the President, the priest and the President, is a sacred one.
When I was in sixth grade, I wanted to become a priest.
Priesthood is forever and does not cease when a priest cannot carry out that priestly ministry.
The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.
I learned early on that 'rabbi' means teacher, not priest.
His hands would plait the priest's guts, if he had no rope, to strangle kings.
I was born and bred a Catholic. I was brought up a very strong Catholic - I practiced in a seminary for four years, from eleven to fourteen, and trained to be a Catholic priest. So I was very steeped in all that.
Had I become a priest, the sermons would've been electric!