Quotes about Spirituality
What we need to affirm is that Jesus is neither a Democrat nor a Republican. Whenever we marry Jesus to a political party, we are committing the sin of idolatry. We are making Jesus into the image of our political party.
— Tony Campolo
Twasn't me, 'twas the Lord! I always told Him, 'I trust to you. I don't know where to go or what to do, but I expect You to lead me,' an' He always did.
— Harriet Tubman
Anyone who is to find Christ must first find the church. How could anyone know where Christ is and what faith is in him unless he knew where his believers are?
— Martin Luther
Jesus didn't say, 'Blessed are those who care for the poor.' He said, 'Blessed are we where we are poor, where we are broken.' It is there that God loves us deeply and pulls us into deeper communion with himself.
— Henri Nouwen
We unavoidably stand in so many unholy places and are subjected to so much that is vulgar, profane, and destructive of the Spirit of the Lord that I encourage our Saints all over the world, wherever possible, to strive to stand more often in holy places.
— James Faust
Wherever and whenever God is moving in a new and fresh way, there emerges a new song!
— Erwin McManus
There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.
— St. Augustine
In prayer, we stand where angels bow with veiled faces. There, even there, the cherubim and seraphim adore before that selfsame throne to which our prayers ascend. And shall we come there with stunted requests and narrow, contracted faith?
— Charles Spurgeon
While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God's creation.
— Maya Angelou
All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth.
— Mahatma Gandhi
We all have two lives: an inner life and an outer life. Your inner life is your soul life, which includes your mind, will and emotions. Your outer life is your physical life. And while God cares about every detail of your life, He is more concerned with your inner life than your outer life.
— Joyce Meyer
Do you mortify? Do you make it your daily work? Be always at it whilst you live; cease not a day from this work; be killing sin or it will be killing you.
— John Owen