Quotes by Theologians

A man has free choice to the extent that he is rational. Thomas Aquinas

Man Free Free Choice Rational He Choice Extent

To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them. Thomas Aquinas

Somebody Guide Take Go Hand Convert Them

Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility. Adam Clarke

Pride Will Mask Assume Humility Frequently Dense Often Works

It does not require great learning to be a Christian and be convinced of the truth of the Bible. It requires only an honest heart and a willingness to obey God. Albert Barnes

Truth God Great Bible Learning Heart Obey Christian Willingness Great Learning Only Does Require Convinced Requires Honest

The African is my brother but he is my younger brother by several centuries. Albert Schweitzer

Several Brother He African Centuries Younger Younger Brother

Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it. Albert Schweitzer

Good People Few Way Out Must Proposes Accept Calmly His His Way Lot Expect Roll Stones Anyone Who Even

Reverence for life is the highest court of appeal. Albert Schweitzer

Life Highest Court Reverence Appeal

Ah! destructive Ignorance, what shall be done to chase thee out of the World! Cotton Mather

Ignorance World Out Destructive Shall Chase Done Thee

Families are the Nurseries of all Societies; and the First combinations of mankind. Cotton Mather

First Combinations Families Mankind Societies

The supernatural birth of Christ, his miracles, his resurrection and ascension, remain eternal truths, whatever doubts may be cast on their reality as historical facts. David Friedrich Strauss

Christmas Reality Christ Miracles Whatever Birth Supernatural Cast Remain Resurrection Facts His Historical Truths May Eternal Doubts

Proselytizing is only wrong if coercive or deceptive. Coercion, whether violent or not, is immoral, just as deception is immoral. David Novak

Immoral Only Wrong Just Deception Deceptive Whether Coercion Coercive Violent

God, to redeem us at the deepest portion of our nature - the urge to love and be loved - must reveal His nature in an incredible and impossible way. He must reveal it at a cross. E. Stanley Jones

Love God Nature Impossible Incredible Our Way Must Cross He Redeem Reveal His Loved Urge To Love Us Deepest Portion

In conversion you are not attached primarily to an order, nor to an institution, nor a movement, nor a set of beliefs, nor a code of action - you are attached primarily to a Person, and secondarily to these other things. E. Stanley Jones

You Action Other Attached Primarily Institution Nor Person Movement Order Conversion Beliefs Code Things Set

The fundamental idea which defines a human being as a Muslim is the declaration of faith: that there is a creator, whom we call God - or Allah, in Arabic - and that the creator is one and single. And we declare this faith by the declaration of faith, where we... bear witness that there is no God but God. Feisal Abdul Rauf

If Muslims curse the Christians, then the Christians will curse the Muslims. And people will curse Allah, and Allah will hold us responsible for that. Feisal Abdul Rauf

People Allah Will Muslims Responsible Curse Hold Then Us Christians

The essence of religion consists in the feeling of an absolute dependence. Friedrich Schleiermacher

Religion Feeling Consists Absolute Essence Dependence

Beauty is the disinterested one, without which the ancient world refused to understand itself, a word which both imperceptibly and yet unmistakably has bid farewell to our new world, a world of interests, leaving it to its own avarice and sadness. Hans Urs von Balthasar

First of all, my persuasion is what really breeds violence is political differences. But because religion serves as the soul of community, it gets drawn into the fracas and turns up the heat. Huston Smith

Religion Soul Political First Differences Community Drawn First Of All Because Up Heat Gets Really Breeds Persuasion Turns Serve Violence

Whether things turn out for the better depends on what we do. We ought not spend our time masterminding the future, but recognize our marching orders: to do the best we can for history and the planet. Huston Smith

Future Time Best History Better Ought Our Spend Our Time Recognize Out Depends Orders Whether Turn Planet Marching Things