Quotes about Spirit

Christian theology is for the liberation of all humanity, and it could never be neutral in the fight against oppression. That much I knew. And that was how A Black Theology of Liberation was born: with the spirit of Martin and Malcolm, Jimmy, and the black poets of the 1960s.

It certainly must help us if we recognize that it is the presence of the Holy Spirit which creates a unity which we can never create.

There is such a thing as 'thanks-feeling' - feeling thankful. This ought to be the general, universal spirit of the Christian.

I wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy, and free.

The Scripture can only be read intelligently by inspired men and women. The value we get from our reading is in direct proportion to the measure in which we are filled with God's Spirit.

There is rampant among us a spirit of criticism. Men and women who carry heavy responsibility do not need criticism, they need encouragement.

Oh, that we could but convince men and women that murmuring spirit is a greater evil than any affliction, whatever the affliction!

The cry for peace will be a cry in the wilderness, so long as the spirit of nonviolence does not dominate millions of men and women.

Learn to master your thoughts and watch closely what you deposit into your spirit. Speak over your life. Living in peace has transformative power.

A sword can only pierce the body, but love can pierce the soul.

The most expensive jewels are not found around our necks, but in our hearts.

Heaven is a state of mind, not a location, since Spirit is everywhere and in everything.