Quotes about Spirit

There is a kind of intolerant spirit now abroad which arises out of the growing power of party and other machinery — a spirit which resents individual opinion, which clamours for uniformity and political Test Acts.

It is surely very ironic and tragic if those who speak most loudly about the gifts of the Spirit are themselves failing to show much of the fruit of the Spirit.

You can fill a cup, but if you keep pouring, it's going to overflow. This is distinct from just being just filled. This is overflowing with the Spirit. True education doesn't come from the wisdom of the world, but by the guidance and the wisdom that comes from the Holy Spirit.

You can fill a cup, but if you keep pouring, it's going to overflow. This is distinct from just being just filled. This is overflowing with the Spirit. " "True education doesn't come from the wisdom of the world, but by the guidance and the wisdom that comes from the Holy Spirit."-Pastor Chuck Smith, "Calvary Chapel Distinctives

Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.

Where God's Word is, there is God Himself, there God's Spirit is at work, there God establishes His covenant, there He plants His church.

A Catholic culture does not mean or imply universality. A nation or a whole civilization is of the Catholic culture not when it is entirely composed of strong believers minutely practicing their religion, nor even whit it boasts a majority of such, but when it presents a determining number of units-family institutions, individuals, inspired by and tenacious of the Catholic spirit.

The Word is living, being, spirit, all verdant greening, all creativity. This Word manifests itself in every creature.

I so loved the nobility of your character, your wisdom, your chastity, your spirit, and indeed every aspect of your life that many people have said to me: What are you doing?

Our hero status is not dependant on our human might or power or even our human spirit; it comes from the power of His spirit.

I sincerely hope I can contribute to the progress there has been in relations between Jews and Catholics since the Second Vatican Council in a spirit of renewed collaboration.

As we grow in the knowledge of God's holiness, even though we are growing in the practice of holiness, it seems the gap between our knowledge and our practice always gets wider. This is the Holy Spirit's way of drawing us to more and more holiness.