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Always think of yourself as everyone’s servant; look for Christ Our Lord in everyone and you will then have respect and reverence for them all.
Teresa of Ávila1515–1582Maxims for Her Nuns (1963), Maxim 25, p. 257
I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of mankind has preserved — the Cross.
John Adams1735–1826Letter to Thomas Jefferson (3 September 1816)
- Anti-Religion
Superman is nothing more than a popular retelling of the Christ story, or Greek mythology.
Christopher Reeve1952–2004Caught in the Act: New York Actors Face to Face (1986) by Don Shewey and Susan Shacter, p. 18
We should not insist on absolute perfection of the gospel in our fellow Christians, however we may strive for it ourselves.
John Calvin1509–1564Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life (1551), Page 21.
Both Testaments are full of pundits, prophets, disciples, favorite sons, Solomons, Isaiahs, Davids, Pauls — but, my God, who besides Jesus really knew which end was up?
J. D. Salinger1919–2010Zooey (1957)
Do not be afraid. Open wide the doors for Christ!
Pope John Paul II1920–2005Homily of His Holiness John Paul II for the Inauguration of his Pontificate, St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City, on Sunday, 22 October 1978
- Courage
You can know a real Christian when you see him, by his buoyancy.
Harry Emerson Fosdick1878–1969Twelve Tests of Character (1923)
I’m a Christian, a conservative, and a Republican, in that order.
Mike Penceborn 1959Vice-presidential acceptance speech, Republican National Convention (20 July 2016)
- Politics
What has been presented as Christianity during these nineteen centuries is only a beginning, full of mistakes, not full blown Christianity springing from the spirit of Jesus.
Albert Schweitzer1875–1965Out of My Life and Thought (1933), Epilogue, p. 241
Christ is with us until the world’s end. Let his little flock be bold therefore.
For if God be on our side, what matter maketh it who be against us, be they bishops, cardinals, popes, or whatsoever names they will?
William Tyndale1494–1536The Obedience of A Christian Man (1528)
- Courage
About Jesus Christ and the Church, I simply know they’re just one thing, and we shouldn’t complicate the matter.
JAJoan of Arc1412–1431From the trial transcript, as quoted in The Catechism of the Catholic Church (1994)
If anyone could prove to me that Christ is outside the truth, and if the truth really did exclude Christ, I should prefer to stay with Christ and not with truth.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky1821–1881Letter to Mme. N. D. Fonvisin (1854), in Letters of Fyodor Michailovitch Dostoevsky to his Family and Friends (1914), trans. Ethel Colburn Mayne, Letter XXI, p. 71
- Faith
- Truth & Lies
The Man of Galilee, the Carpenter, the workingman who became the revolutionary agitator of his day soon found himself to be an undesirable citizen in the eyes of the ruling knaves and they had him crucified.
Eugene V. Debs1855–1926The Canton, Ohio Speech, Anti-War Speech (1918)
Your Highnesses have an Other World here, by which our holy faith can be so greatly advanced and from which such great wealth can be drawn.
Christopher Columbus1451–1506Letter to the Sovereigns (1498)
- Money
I am a woman, I am a mother, I am Italian, I am a Christian, and you can’t take that away from me.
Giorgia Meloniborn 1977Giorgia Meloni: The long climb to Italy’s political summit Euro News (October 22, 2022).
- Women