Quotations

Grace often comes by seeing situations in a new light. Some of these following observations can quickly change our perspective.

Our lives are a manifestation of what we think about God. ~ Anonymous

Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

A little philosophy inclineth a man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth man's mind to religion. ~ Sir Francis Bacon

Human things must be known to be loved: but Divine things must be loved to be known.
~ Blaise Pascal

Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind. ~ Albert Einstein

The path to holiness lies through questioning everything. ~ M. Scott Peck

Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. ~ James Allen

Kindness is my religion. ~ The Dalai Lama

The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet. ~ Frederick Buechner in Wishful Thinking

God doesn't always smooth the path, but sometimes He puts springs in the wagon.
~ Marshall Lucas

The dreamers are the saviors of the world. ~ James Allen

Of all the systems of morality that have come under my observation, none appear so pure to me as that of Jesus. ~ Thomas Jefferson

Those who say that religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion means.? ~ Mohandas Gandhi

No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism. ~William R. Inge

Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar. ~ William Wordsworth, 1798

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. ~ Albert Einstein

In God's wildness lies the hope of the world ~ the great fresh unlighted, unredeemed wilderness. ~ John Muir

Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.
~ Mother Teresa (1910-1997, Albanian-born Roman Catholic Missionary)

Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul. ~ Edward Abbey

Jesus didn't turn people away; neither do we. ~ United Church of Christ

No matter who you are or where you are on life's journey, you are welcome here. ~ United Church of Christ

Use me, God. Show me how to take who I am, who I want to be, and what I can do, and use it for a purpose greater than myself. ~ Oprah

Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to the garage makes you a car. ~ Laurence J. Peter

God's answers are wiser than our prayers. ~ Unknown

Do God's will as if it were thy will, and he will accomplish thy will as if it were his own.
 ~ Gamaliel (fl. 100 A.D.)

We must meet hate with love. We must meet physical force with soul force. ~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

We must meet hate with love. We must meet physical force with soul force. There is still a voice crying out through the vista of time, saying: Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use you. Then and only then can you matriculate into the university of eternal life. That same voice cries out in terms lifted to cosmic proportions: he who lives by the sword will perish by the sword. And history is replete with the bleached bones of nations that failed to follow this commnad. We must follow nonviolence and love. ~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love. ~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

When you recognize that nothing is lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~Lao Tsu

Patience with others is Love, Patience with self is Hope, Patience with God is Faith. ~ Adel Bestavros

When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced; live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice. ~ Cherokee Proverb

While faith makes all things possible, it is love that makes all things easy. ~ Evan H. Hopkins

A person starts to live when he can live outside himself. ~ Albert Einstein

Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.  ~ Anais Nin~

Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom. ~ Rubin, Theodore Isaac

The world has enough salesmen of the Gospel. What we need is more free samples. ~ Dr. Donald English, a leader in British Methodism

An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field. ~ Niels Bohr

There is no love which does not become help. ~ Paul Tillich

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. ~ Immanuel Kant

Go put your creed into your deed, Nor speak with double tongue. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Death comes not to the living soul, nor age to the living heart. ~ Phoebe Cary

In order to see Christianity, one must forget all the Christians. ~ Henri Frederic Amiel

The flame of Christian ethics is still our highest guide. ~ Sir Winston Churchill

Christianity is not a theory or speculation, but a life; not a philosophy of life, but a living presence. ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge

I have had dreams and I have had nightmares, but I have conquered my nightmares because of my dreams. ~ Dr. Jonas Salk

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving and that's your own self. ~ Aldous Huxley (1825-1895, British Biologist, Educator) 

What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Angels fly because they take themselves lightly. ~ anon

Life is too important to be taken seriously. ~ Oscar Wilde

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. ~ John Barrymore

You will recognize your own path when you come upon it, because you will suddenly have all the energy and imagination you will ever need. ~ Jerry Gillies (American Author, Speaker)

You need to learn to be happy by nature, because you'll seldom have the chance to be happy by circumstance. ~ Lavetta Sue Wegman

The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind. ~ Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson

We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.
~ Sir Winston Churchill

To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world
~ Unknown

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great ones make you feel that you too, can become great.
~ Mark Twain

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a Heaven for?
~ Robert Browning

Some people complain because God put thorns on roses, while others praise Him for putting roses among thorns. ~ Anonymous

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness. ~ Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Gratitude is the heart's memory. ~ Anonymous

Gratitude is from the same root word as grace- the boundless mercy of God. Thanksgiving is from the same root word as think, so to think is to thank. ~ Willis P. King

A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle. ~ Erin Majors

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live. ~ Henry David Thoreau

Hope is the companion of power and the mother of success, For those of us who hope strongest have within us the gift of miracles. ~ Sydney Bremer

The human heart feels things the eyes cannot see, and knows what the mind cannot understand. ~ Robert Vallett

Your own reason is the only oracle given to you by God. ~ Thomas Jefferson

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Make sure the thing you're living for is worth dying for. ~ Charles Mayes

When you reach for the stars, you may not quite get them, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either. ~ Leo Burnett

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.~ Milton Berle (1908-, American Actor, Entertainer) 

If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else. ~ Yogi Berra (1925-, American Baseball Player) 

Success is 99 percent failure. ~ Soichiro Honda (Japanese businessman, founder of Honda Motor Corp.) 

With the power of conviction, there is no sacrifice. ~ Pat Benetar (American Singer)

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