Rest in God
As water is restless until it reaches its level, so the soul has not peace until it rests in God. Sadhu Sundar Singh - Indian Himalaya traveller and Christian missionary (1888-1929), from "With and Without Christ" (1929)
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Heaven
We have lost paradise but have received heaven; the gain is greater than the loss. Johan Chrysostom – born Johan of Antioch, Greek Doctor of Church, 398-407 Archbishof of Constantinopel (344 or 349-407)
Hope
Esperança sem risco não é esperança... Esperança é crer na aventura do Amor, jogar nos homens, pular no escuro confiando em Deus. Dom Hélder Pessoa Câmara - Sacerdote católico brasileiro, 1964-1985 Arcebispo de Olinda e Recife (1909-1999), de "O deserto é fértil" (1971) Hope without risk is not hope... Hope is believing in the adventure of Love, believing in men, leaping into the dark,...
Rectum cor
Vis habere rectum cor? Tu fac quod vult Deus; noli Deum velle facere quod vis tu. Do you want to have a heart straight? Do what God wants; do not want God to do what you want.Augustine of Hippo - known as Aurelius Augustinus, early Christian theologian and philosopher, one of the four Latin Doctor of Church (354-430), from his "Expositions on the Psalms" ("Enarrationes in psalmos", 124,2,...
Dimensione
L'uomo non è mai tanto grande come quando sta in ginocchio dinanzi a Dio. Papa Giovanni XXIII - Nato Angelo Guiseppe Roncalli, 1958-63 Santo Padre, chiamato anche "papa del Concilio" o per la sua umiltà e populismo "il Papa buono" (1881-1963), da un discorso ad un'udienza a Castel Gandolfo (11 settembre 1960), Libretto delle citazioni 2025
Sólo Dios Basta
Nada te turbe, nada te espante, todo se pasa; Dios no se muda. La paciencia todo lo alcanza. Qien a Dios tiene nada le falta. Sólo Dios Basta. Teresa de Àvila - mística y monja católica española (1515-1582), del poema "Nada te Turbe", que se encontró junto a ella tras su muerte y que ahora forma parte de los "Cantos de Taizé", Libro de citas 2017 Let nothing disturb you, Let nothing affright...
God’s hands
I have held many things in my hands and I have lost them all. But whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess. falsely attributed to Martin Luther - German reformer (1483-1546), was classified as "inauthentic" by experts of the Martin Luther Foundation
Let God work
The very best and noblest attainment in this life is to be silent and let God work and speak within. Meister Eckhart - born Eckhart von Hochheim, German mystic (1260-1328), from his sermon “Dum medium silentium tenerent omnia et nox in suo cursu medium iterhaberet ete” (Sermon 101)
Suffering
The Lord did not create suffering. (...) But after man had chosen suffering in preference to the joys of union with God, the Lord turned suffering itself into a way by which man could come to the perfect knowledge of God. Thomas Merton OCSO - religious name M. Louis, American Trappist monk, writer, and mystic (1915-1968), from "No man is an island", chapter V "The Word of the Cross", 12...
Livets mål
En gång svarade jag ja till någon – eller något. Från den stunden härrör vissheten att tillvaron är meningsfylld och att mitt liv därför, i underkastelse, har ett mål. Dag H. A. C. Hammarskjöld - Svensk jurist, 1953-61 FN:s generalsekreterare, Nobels fredspris postumt 1961 (1905-1961), från en dagboksanteckning från Pingstdagen, den 21 maj 1961, publicerad i "Vägmärken" (postumt 1963) At some...
God’s word
In the church it is not decisive what I say, what you say, what so and so says, rather Thus sais the Lord. In ecclesia non valet hoc ego dico, hoc tu dicis, hoc ille dicit, sed Haec dicit Dominus. attributed to Augustine of Hippo - known as Aurelius Augustinus, early Christian theologian and philosopher, one of the four Latin Doctors of Church (354-430), inscription under the portrait...
Liebe das Leben
Liebe das Lebendenn jede trübe Stimmung ist eine Illusion.denn schlechte Launen sind ein Beweis, daß Du gegen Deine Bestimmung lebst.denn was immer geschieht, es liegt an Dir, ob Du Zufriedenheit oder Unglück darin erkennst.denn der ganze Tag schmeckt so, wie Du ihn am Morgen gewürzt hast.denn Zufriedenheit heißt nicht, das Beste gepachtet zu haben, sondern mit Gottes Hilfe das Beste aus...
Recipe for Christmas
Recipe for a beautiful Christmas: A starry sky Peacefulness for prayer An encounter with Christ, the Son of God Singing to the glory of God A helping hand for others Good wishes from a fellow human being … and the Christmas story. wish for Christmas – inspired by an online article at "Christliche Perlen": "Recipe for a beautiful Christmas" ("Rezept für ein schönes Weihnachten") (5 September...
Coincidence
Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous. wisdom - often optionally attributed to Albert Schweitzer (German-born French missionary and doctor, Nobel Peace Prize 1952, 1875-1965) or Albert Einstein (German physicist, Nobel Prize in physics 1921, 1879-1955)
Journey
God never said that the journey would be easy, but He did say that the arrival would be worthwhile. Max Lucado – American author and evagelicale theologean, minister at Oak Hills Church (b. 1955), from "Safe in the Shepherd's Arms: Hope and Encouragement from Psalm 23" (2001), Quotations book 2024
Preach natural
We must preach, not after the manner of doctors of divinity, but after the manner of those unlearned and ignorant men in the olden time who had been with Jesus, and learned of him. Brethren, some of you have too much armor on. Put it off: be simple, be natural, be artless, be plain-spoken, be trustful in the living God, and you will succeed. Charles Haddon Spurgeon - English Baptist pastor...
Spread love
I pray that each one of you be holy and so spread His love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without coming away better, happier. Mother Teresa - born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, Albanian-born Indian nun and order's founder, Nobel Peace Prize 1979 (1910-1997), Quotations book 2024
Radiate love
Each time anyone comes in contact with us, they must become different and better people because of having met us. We must radiate God’s love. Mother Teresa - born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, Albanian-born Indian nun and order's founder, Nobel Peace Prize 1979 (1910-1997)
Churches
Like harbours at sea, God established His churches in cities; that you might flee to them from the tossing of life's commotions, and find still water. Johan Chrysostom – born Johan of Antioch, Greek Doctor of Church, 398-407 Archbishof of Constantinopel (344 or 349-407), from his sermon on the Baptism of Christ
Faith instead of anxiety
The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety. Georg Müller - German protestant Theologean and the director of the Ashley Down orphanage in Bristol, England, (1805-1898), as quoted in "The Churchman" (25 December 1897)