#nit

No one should be surprised at the difficulty of faith, if there is some part of his life where he is consciously resisting or disobeying the commandment of Jesus. Is there some part of your life which you are refusing to surrender at his behest, some sinful passion, maybe, or some animosity, some hope, perhaps your ambition or your reason? ... How can you hope to enter into communion with him when at some point in your life you are running away from him? ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#christianity #communion #doubt #faith #forgiveness

Lay down an unforgiving spirit, because there'll be no peace until you do. ↗

— Anita R. Sneed-Carter

#forgiveness #inspirational #kingdom-living #motivational #peace

Humanity must forgive 'Humanity', for only then can we be Humane. ↗

— Ilyas Kassam

#humanity #kindness #love #philosophy #forgiveness

All of us, all human beings, are basically inclined or disposes toward what we perceive to be good. Whatever we do, we do because we think it will be of some benefit. At the same time, we all appreciate the kindness of others. We are all, by nature, oriented toward the basic human values of love and compassion. We all prefer the love of others to their hatred. We all prefer others' generosity to their meanness. And who among us does not prefer tolerance, respect, and forgiveness of out failings to bigotry, disrespect, and resentment? ↗

— Dalai Lama XIV

#religion #forgiveness

Every time you ask for forgiveness, you recognize that the biggest problems you face in life exist inside of you, not outside of you. ↗

— Paul David Tripp

#christianity #difficulties #forgiveness #forgiveness

Forgive me for stating the obvious, but the world is made up of all kinds of people. Other people have their own value to live by, and the same holds true with me. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#humanity #life #personal #personality #philosophy

[Transcendentalism maintains] that man has ideas, that come not through the five sense, or the powers of reasoning; but are either the result of direct revelation from God, his immediate inspiration, or his immanent presence in the spiritual world. ↗

— Charles Mayo Ellis

#transcendentalism #unitarianism #inspirational

Muscles aching to work, minds aching to create - this is man. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#inspirational #life #inspirational

We sinned for no reason but an incomprehensible lack of love, and He saved us for no reason but an incomprehensible excess of love. ↗

— Peter Kreeft

#christ #christianity #cross #excess-love #god

Man is not defiled by his impurities. It is the other man pointing out his impurities to him, whom he is defiled by. Is there anything anyone can do, to become righteous, anyway? God made us impure. If he had a problem with that, He would have made us gods, instead. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#gods #humanism #humanity #hypocrisy #hypocrites