Quotes by clergymen

The purpose of meditation is personal transformation. Henepola Gunaratana

Transformation Meditation Purpose Personal

Whatever attitudes we habitually use toward ourselves, we will use on others, and whatever attitudes we habitually use toward others, we will use on ourselves. Henepola Gunaratana

Will Whatever Others Ourselves Toward Attitudes Use

Our first responsibility in the midst of violence is to prevent it from destroying us. Henri Nouwen

Responsibility First Our Destroying Prevent Midst Us Violence

In our production-oriented society, being busy, having an occupation, has become one of the main ways, if not the main way, of identifying ourselves. Without an occupation, not just our economic security but our very identity is endangered. Henri Nouwen

Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one. Henry Ward Beecher

Friendship Best Ending Laughter Beginning Bad

The dog is the god of frolic. Henry Ward Beecher

God Dog Pet

Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house. Henry Ward Beecher

Made Nothing Else Books Furniture House Beautifully

It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk. Henry Ward Beecher

Man Live Well Pray Cream Milk

The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes. Henry Ward Beecher

Dangerous Classes Ignorant

The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next. Henry Ward Beecher

Sense Philosophy Common Common Sense Century Next

To let politics become a cesspool, and then avoid it because it is a cesspool, is a double crime. Howard Crosby

Politics Crime Become Because Double Then Avoid Cesspool

Only let it be in the name of Jesus Christ, that I may suffer together with Him! I endure everything because He Himself, Who is perfect man, empowers me. Ignatius of Antioch

It is outrageous to utter the name of Jesus Christ and live in Judaism. Ignatius of Antioch

Christ Live Outrageous Name Judaism Utter Jesus Jesus Christ

Never preach a sermon without a text from the Bible, a text containing the theme which you can elaborate. The text is the best proof in support of your argument. A sermon without a text is an argument without a proof. Isaac Mayer Wise

Best You Bible Argument Preach Proof Never Support Containing Without Text Which Elaborate Theme Your Sermon

Christianity has stayed stable, as it must do. The doctrines don't change. The understanding of what it means to walk with God doesn't change. The reality of worship doesn't change, not at heart, anyway. So Christianity appears to be stuck. J. I. Packer

God Change Heart Reality Walk Understanding Christianity Worship Must Stayed Stuck Doctrines Stable Anyway Means Appears

Sense the blessings of the earth in the perfect arc of a ripe tangerine, the taste of warm, fresh bread, the circling flight of birds, the lavender color of the sky shining in a late afternoon rain puddle, the million times we pass other beings in our cars and shops and out among the trees without crashing, conflict, or harm. Jack Kornfield

Rain Conflict Sky Car Sense Other Trees Birds Late Our Earth Circling Out Arc Ripe Perfect Color Blessings Without Fresh Pass Tangerine Shining Times Taste Shops Bread Afternoon Crashing Warm Flight Beings Among Million Million Times Harm

In my long life I have found peace, joy, and happiness beyond my fondest hopes and dreams. One of the supreme benedictions of my life has been my marriage to an elect daughter of God. I love her with all my heart and soul. James E. Faust

Happiness Life Love God Dreams Soul Peace Heart Marriage Joy My Life Long Daughter All My Heart Has-Been Hopes Long Life Beyond Supreme Been Heart And Soul Elect Found Her

In many ways, each of us is the sum total of what our ancestors were. The virtues they had may be our virtues, their strengths our strengths, and, in a way, their challenges could be our challenges. James E. Faust

Challenges Sum Sum Total Our Virtues Way Ancestors Ways Total Could Had Were May Us Many Each Strengths

I know with all my heart and soul that God lives. I believe He will enlighten our lives with His love for each of us if we strive to be worthy of that love, in the holy name of Jesus Christ, amen. James E. Faust

Love God Soul Heart Christ Will Believe Our Our Lives All My Heart Strive Worthy He Name Know His Heart And Soul Amen Us Holy Each Lives Jesus Jesus Christ Enlighten

When holiness is achieved by conforming to God's will, one knows intuitively that which is wrong and that which is right before the Lord. Holiness speaks when there is silence, encouraging that which is good or reproving that which is wrong. James E. Faust

God Good Silence Will Before Intuitively Wrong Knows Lord Encouraging Achieved Which Conforming Holiness Speaks Right

Women have full equality with men before the Lord. By nature, the roles of women differ from those of men. This knowledge has come to us with the Restoration of the gospel in the fullness of times, with an acknowledgment that women are endowed with the great responsibilities of motherhood and nurturing. James E. Faust

Great Nature Knowledge Women Equality Nurturing Men Motherhood Before Those Responsibilities Restoration Come Gospel Lord Women Are Times Roles Differ Endowed Acknowledgment Us Full Fullness