Quotes about Spirituality
Earthly riches are like the reed. Its roots are sunk in the swamp, and its exterior is fair to behold; but inside it is hollow. If a man leans on such a reed, it will snap off and pierce his soul.
— St. Anthony of Padua
No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures.
— John Bunyan
Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
No one else holds or has held the place in the heart of the world which Jesus holds. Other gods have been as devoutly worshipped; no other man has been so devoutly loved.
— John Knox
Ever since the days of Adam, man has been hiding from God and saying, 'God is hard to find.
— Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
The greatest sin today in the church is the man in the pew who is ignorant of the Bible.
— J. Vernon McGee
It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
— St. Augustine
God has so made man's heart that nothing can ever fill it but God himself.
— Charles Spurgeon
Since it is impossible, without God, to come to knowledge of God, he teaches men through his Word to know God.
— Irenaeus of Lyons
I have noticed this, that when a man is full of the Holy Ghost he is the very last man to be complaining of other people.
— DL Moody
The secret of praying is praying in secret. A sinning man will stop praying, and a praying man will stop sinning.
— Leonard Ravenhill
The nearer a man gets to God, the greater he sees his sin.
— Martyn Lloyd-Jones