Quotes about Love
The end of learning, he said, is to "repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him" by acquiring "true virtue" (Hughes 631). This reinforces and expands Sidney's point that the end of learning is virtuous action.
— Leland Ryken
The task is rather to assess whether and to what degree works are Christian in their viewpoint. Christian enthusiasts for literature too often seek to baptize every work of literature that they love.
— Leland Ryken
disciples are not copiers of Christ but continuing incarnations of Jesus' life and love.
— Leonard Sweet
The currency of the gospel of religion is fear and imposition. The currency of the gospel of Christ is love and invitation.
— Leonard Sweet
Christ does not say to me, "Be yourself." He says, "Be with me." BROTHER ROGER OF TAIZÉ
— Leonard Sweet
Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair. —G. K. Chesterton12
— Leonard Sweet
Jesus didn't care about a "holy table" as the religious establishment defined "holy." For Jesus a holy table was one that was open to anyone, a table where all God's children were present.
— Leonard Sweet
True love frees us, and at the same time it binds us:
— Leonard Sweet
It is more important that our churches have tables that are relationally correct than liturgically correct. Rules aren't "truth"; we don't follow out of slavish obedience to something absolute. We follow preestablished rules because we want to signal our love of community….
— Leonard Sweet
Do you want to hear Jesus speak? Go to where the wounds are. Find wounded people, hurting people, suffering people, and you will find Jesus.
— Leonard Sweet
Oh, 'tis love, 'tis love, that makes the world go round!
— Lewis Carroll
All that matters is what we do for each other.
— Lewis Carroll