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Read through the most famous quotes by topic #christian
Don't ever be discouraged with yourself because you have not arrived at success, but instead be pleased that you are pressing toward it. ↗
Don’t tell me about your god with your words. Show me about your god with your actions. ↗
#christian-behavior #god #inspirational #motivational #religion
The terrible thing, the almost impossible thing, is to hand over your whole self--all your wishes and precautions--to Christ. But it is far easier than what we are all trying to do instead. For what we are trying to do is to remain what we call "ourselves," to keep personal happiness as our great aim in life, and yet at the same time be "good. ↗
We all want progress. But progress means getting nearer to the place where you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turning, then to go forward does not get you any nearer. If you are on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; and in that case the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive man. ↗
Until you have suffered much in your heart, you cannot learn humility. ↗
#eastern-orthodoxy #humility #inspirational #spirituality #suffering
The eye fixed on Christ sees clearly, succumbing to neither pride nor inferiority, because it is not concerned with the self at all. ↗
... love for our neighbours does not die the minute we enter heaven, it intensifies. ↗
#charity #christian #heaven #heavenly-rewards #inspirational
Will not the very moment of great disillusionment with my brother or sister be incomparably wholesome for me becuase it so thoroughly teaches me that both of us can never live by our own words and deeds, but only by that one Word and deed that really binds us together, the forgiveness of sins in Jesus Christ? The bright day of Christian community dawns wherever the early morning mists of dreamy visions are lifting ↗
Principles are what people have instead of God. To be a Christian means among other things to be willing if necessary to sacrifice even your highest principles for God's or your neighbour's sake the way a Christian pacifist must be willing to pick up a baseball bat if there's no other way to stop a man from savagely beating a child. Jesus didn't forgive his executioners on principle but because in some unimaginable way he was able to love them. 'Principle' is an even duller word than 'Religion'. ↗
#ethics #jesus #love #morality #principles
