Quotes about Holiness

Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man. Votes: 5

When His Holiness won the Nobel Peace Prize, there was a quantum leap. He is not seen as solely a Tibetan anymore; he belongs to the world. Votes: 5

The Spirit is Love expressed towards man as redeeming love, and the Spirit is truth, and the Spirit is the Holy Spirit. Redemption is inconceivable without truth and holiness. Votes: 5

If these hands, used to fighting, would be acceptable to His Holiness, we most thankfully dedicate them to the service of him who deserves so well of the Church and of the fatherland. Votes: 5

Holiness is a disposition of the heart that makes us humble and little in the arms of God, aware of our weakness, and confident - in the most audacious way - in His Fatherly goodness. Votes: 5

This, and this alone, is Christianity, a universal holiness in every part of life, a heavenly wisdom in all our actions, not conforming to the spirit and temper of the world but turning all worldly enjoyments into means of piety and devotion to God. Votes: 5

No attribute of God is more dreadful to sinners than His holiness. Votes: 4

Holiness is not the way to Christ. Christ is the way to holiness. Votes: 4

Holiness through Christ's Spirit is the accountability every Christian should be striving towards. Votes: 4

I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections, and the truth of imagination. Votes: 4

I don't use any of the terminology like 'left wing' and 'right wing.' I use language like 'godly' and 'holiness.' Votes: 4

It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not expect holiness from one another, but from God only. Votes: 4

Holiness is the strength of the soul. It comes by faith and through obedience to God's laws and ordinances. God then purifies the heart by faith, and the heart becomes purged from that which is profane and unworthy. Votes: 4

Therefore I would not have it unknown to Your Holiness, the the only thing which induced me to look for another way of reckoning the movements of the heavenly bodies was that I knew that mathematicians by no means agree in their investigation thereof. Votes: 4

Holiness purifies our lives. Votes: 3

Holiness sincerity, and faith. Votes: 3

Holiness never goes out of fashion. Votes: 3

Holiness is an unselfing of ourselves. Votes: 3

Holiness was always something richly dim. Votes: 3

Thank you, your Holiness. Awesome speech. Votes: 3

Holiness on earth is a spiritual fantasy. Votes: 3

Holiness has replaced love in your religion! Votes: 3

Holiness is doing God's will with a smile. Votes: 3

Sin contaminates our lives. Holiness purifies our lives. Votes: 3

Holiness leads to wholeness and wholeness leads to happiness. Votes: 3

Holiness comes by holy deeds. Not starving flesh of daily needs. Votes: 3

Holiness is not freedom from temptation, but power to overcome temptation. Votes: 3

Holiness is nothing less than conformity to the character of God Votes: 3

Holiness consists of doing the will of God with a smile. Votes: 3

Holiness grants us access to God's blessings, for without it,ACCESS DENIED!!! Votes: 3

Faith refers to Christ. Holiness depends on faith. Heaven depends on holiness. Votes: 3

Holiness is the architectural plan upon which God buildeth up His living temple. Votes: 3

Holiness is not a privilege of a few but a need for all. Votes: 3

Holiness doesn't mean doing extraordinary things, but doing ordinary things with love and faith. Votes: 3

Holiness gives us new desires and brings old desires into line with one another. Votes: 3

Holiness is not for wimps and the cross is not negotiable, sweetheart, it's a requirement. Votes: 3

Holiness is nothing but the implanting, writing and living out the gospel in our souls Votes: 3

Holiness requires continual effort on our part and continual nourishing and strengthening by the Spirit. Votes: 3

Holiness is found in how we treat others, not in how we contemplate the cosmos. Votes: 3

Holiness consists simply in doing God's will, and being just what God wants us to be. Votes: 3

Holiness consists simply in doing God's will, and being just what God wants us to be. Votes: 3

Dignity, and even holiness too, sometimes, are more questions of coat and waistcoat than some people imagine. Votes: 3

Holiness has nothing to do with what we know and everything to do with Who we know. Votes: 3

Holiness is the balance between my nature and the law of God as expressed in Jesus Christ. Votes: 3

What a hideout: Holiness lies spread and borne over the surface of time and stuff like color. Votes: 3

Holiness does not consist in doing uncommon things, but in doing every thing with purity of heart. Votes: 3

Holiness is not the luxury of a few people, but a simple duty for you and me. Votes: 3

To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness. Votes: 3

The more we grow in Love, Virtue and Holiness, the more we see Love, Virtue and Holiness outside. Votes: 3

Now that the Sanctity and Holiness of heterosexual marriage has been destroyed, are they going to cancel The Bachelor? Votes: 3

Holiness is not a luxury, it's a necessity. If you're not holy, you'll never make it to Heaven [Heb. 12:14]. Votes: 3

Holiness is happiness; and the more you have of the former, the more you will undoubtedly enjoy of the latter. Votes: 3

For the Puritans, the God-centered life meant making the quest for spiritual and moral holiness the great business of life. Votes: 3

What then is holiness? Holiness is nothing but the implanting, writing and living out of the gospel in our souls (Eph 4:24). Votes: 3

Holiness is not to love Jesus and do whatever you want. Holiness is to love God and do what He wants. Votes: 3

Holiness has never been the driving force of the majority. It is, however, mandatory for anyone who wants to enter the kingdom. Votes: 3

Holiness is not a series of do's and don'ts but conformity to the character of God and obedience to the will of God. Votes: 3

Holiness is not merely a feeling, state of mind, or good intention. It involves practical separation from sin and real separation unto God. Votes: 3

Let the professors of Christianity recommend their religion by deeds of benevolence - by Christian meekness - by lives of temperance and holiness. Votes: 3

Holiness is irresistible. If even 10% of the world's population had it the whole world would be converted and happy before the year's end. Votes: 3

Chastity is the flowering of man; and what are called Genius, Heroism, Holiness, and the like, are but various fruits which succeed it Votes: 3

Holiness of heart and life. This is not the perfection of the human nature, but the holiness of the divine nature dwelling within. Votes: 3

Every man finds a sanction for his simplest claims and deeds, in decisions of his own mind, which he calls Truth and Holiness. Votes: 3

He cleared his throat and reminded himself that if you pissed Her Holiness off, they'd need barbecue tongs to pick up your steaming pieces. Votes: 3

Holiness does not consist in mystic speculations, enthusiastic fervours, or uncommanded austerities; it consists in thinking as God thinks, and willing as God wills. Votes: 3

Holiness grows so fast where there is kindness. The world is lost for want of sweetness and kindness. Do not forget we need each other. Votes: 3

Holiness appeared to me to be of a sweet, pleasant, charming, serene, calm nature; which brought an inexpressible purity, brightness, peacefulness and ravishment to the soul. Votes: 3

Holiness is the very principle of eternal life, the very beginning of eternal life in the heart, and that which will certainly grow up to eternal life. Votes: 3

Let your daughter have first of all the book of Psalms for holiness of heart, and be instructed in the Proverbs of Solomon for her godly life. Votes: 3

The Holiness of God is something more and other than moral perfection: His claim upon us is something more and other than the claim of moral duty. Votes: 3

I started singing at the age of 4, at my grandfather's church in McKinney, Texas. It was called Greater Hope Holiness Church. My first solo was "Jesus Loves Me." Votes: 3

The Dalai Lama's entire being is about peace and harmony, forgiveness and self-discipline. Those are qualities to be admired. I am really looking forward to meeting His Holiness. Votes: 3

All of us must be saints in this world. Holiness is a duty for you and me. So let's be saints and so give glory to the Father. Votes: 3

Holiness is not a merit by which we can attain communion with God, but a gift of Christ, which enables us to cling to him, and to follow him. Votes: 3

When people ask me to name the Ligonier teaching material they should use to help them grow; I tell them, 'You should start with The Holiness of God.' Votes: 3

Holiness does not consist in doing extraordinary things. It consists in accepting, with a smile, what Jesus sends us. It consists in accepting and following the will of God. Votes: 3

Holiness is not something we are called upon to do in order that we may become something; it is something we are to do because of what we already are. Votes: 3

Holiness, as taught in the Scriptures, is not based upon knowledge on our part. Rather, it is based upon the resurrected Christ in-dwelling us and changing us into His likeness. Votes: 3

Not in purity or in holiness merely, for in Paradise man was holy, and he shall be holy when redeemed through the sacrifice of Christ and made an heir of heaven. Votes: 3

But God has not called us to be like those around us. He has called us to be like Himself. Holiness is nothing less than conformity to the character of God. Votes: 3

Mysticism: to dwell on the unseen, to withdraw ourselves from the things of sense into communion with God - to endeavour to partake of the Divine nature; that is, of Holiness. Votes: 3

Our first love is Jesus. Holiness is not ultimately about living up to a moral standard. It's about living in Christ and living out of our real, vital union with him. Votes: 3

And you know, we'd go to church. We were Baptists. And every now and then there'd be a tent would set up, and it was the Holiness folks. And we liked their music. Votes: 3

In Cuba, His Holiness [Pope Francis] won't find a government that protects its people and their God-given rights. Instead, he will find a regime that oppresses people and hinders progress, both socially and politically. Votes: 3

Holiness is God's special gift to His people who believe in the finished work of Jesus Christ on the Cross. Holiness is the everyday work of the Holy Spirit in the heart and life of believers. Votes: 3

As Pope Francis visits the United States for the very first time, it is our privilege as Catholics and Americans to welcome His Holiness to our country. Here, he will find people who are uniquely free. Votes: 3

His Holiness brings a wealth of experience to this exalted office. The United Nations and the Holy See share a strong commitment to peace, social justice, human dignity, religious freedom and mutual respect among the world's religions. Votes: 3

This perfection is the restoration of man to the state of holiness from which he fell, by creating him anew in Christ Jesus, and restoring to him that image and likeness of God which he has lost. Votes: 3

Holiness is not first a matter of doing anything. It is first and foremost a matter of letting it be done. Holiness is to conceive the love of God within and to bring it forth to the world. Votes: 3

It is with extreme sadness that we hear of the passing of the leader of the world's Catholics, His Holiness Pope John Paul II, who commanded the three paths of religious learning, philosophical thought and poetical and artistic creativity. Votes: 3

We used to say to the apartheid government: you may have the guns, you may have all this power, but you have already lost. Come: join the winning side. His Holiness and the Tibetan people are on the winning side. Votes: 3

Buddhist monks have known for centuries that meditation can change the mind. Now we are inspired by His Holiness to examine with our technology the precise brain changes that occur with practice... The unique collaboration on meditation is just beginning. Votes: 3

We are 100 percent responsible for the pursuit of holiness, but at the same time we are 100 percent dependent upon the Holy Spirit to enable us in that pursuit. The pursuit of holiness is not a pull-yourself-up-by-your-own-bootstraps approach to the Christian life. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

Holiness ... is nothing we can *do* ... It is gift, sheer gift, waiting there to be recognized and received. We do not have to be qualified to be holy. We do not have to be qualified to be whole, or healed.Made Votes: 3

Holiness is not some lofty experience, unattainable except to those who can leap the stars, but it is rather a lowly experience, which lowly people in the lowly walks of life can share with Jesus, by letting His mind be in them. Votes: 3

His Holiness Pope John Paul II was a determined and deeply spiritual minded person for whom I had great respect and admiration. His experience in Poland, then a communist country, and my own difficulties with communists, gave us an immediate common ground Votes: 3

You know, Professor, this stray kitten and you have one very important thing in common.''I can't imagine,' responded the professor coolly.'Your life is the most important thing in the world to you,' said His Holiness. 'Same for this kitten. Votes: 3

Holiness is nothing else but the habitual and predominant devotion and dedication of soul, and body, and life, and all that we have to God; and esteeming, and loving, and serving, and seeking Him, before all the pleasures and prosperity of the flesh. Votes: 3

The Bible is proved to be a revelation from God, by the reasonableness and holiness of its precepts; all its commands, exhortations, and promises having the most direct tendency to make men wise, holy, and happy in themselves, and useful to one another. Votes: 3

If his Holiness asks for me, tell him I am - I was what? What excuse would be sufficient to hold off Borgia the Bull when he wanted, nay demanded attention?'Tell him I am attending to a gynecological matter but will return shortly. Votes: 3

Holiness is not a luxury for the few; it is not just for some people. It is meant for you and for me and for all of us. It is a simple duty, because if we learn to love, we learn to be holy. Votes: 3

A great influence in my life was the sanctified or Holiness churches...Everybody in there sang and they clapped and stomped heir feet and sang with their whole body... Their music was so strong and expressive, it used to bring tears to my eyes. Votes: 3

It's Dorian, by the way. Not 'Your Highness'.Very Well.Say it.Say what?Say my name. Say, 'Very well, Dorian'.She rolled her eyesIf it pleases Your Magnanimous Holiness, I shall call you by your first name.Magnanimous Holiness? Oh, I like that one. Votes: 3

It was an honor and a thrill to have the chance to meet His Holiness, Pope Benedict, and then to have lunch with Prime Minister Berlusconi.... I think Italy and the U. S. have a very strong friendship and relationship, and I'm proud of that. Votes: 3

Holiness is not just for some select few spiritual giants; it is not just for pious people who sit around all day with nothing to do but "be holy."... "Everyone who names the name of the Lord" is called to live a holy life! Votes: 3

The main reason, Your Holiness, of why we are here today, is it is not the business of the church to stray from the field of faith and morals and wonder into the playground that is science... it is not the business of the church to pronounce on science. Votes: 3

Necessity is laid upon us. We must fight. There are no promises in the Lord Jesus Christ's epistles to the seven churches, except to those who 'overcome.' Where there is grace, there will be conflict. The believer is a soldier. There is no holiness without a warfare. Saved souls will always be found to have fought a fight. Votes: 3

Virtue is akin to holiness, an attribute of godliness. Votes: 2

Nothing whatever pertaining to godliness and real holiness can be accomplished without grace . Votes: 2

Only in war are you holy, and when you are robbers and cruel. Votes: 2

The desert has its holiness of silence, the crowd its holiness of conversation. Votes: 2

In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action. Votes: 2

There is no shortcut to holiness; it must be the business of our whole lives. Votes: 2

The first step towards attaining a higher standard of holiness is to realize more fully the amazing sinfulness of sin. Votes: 2

We have learned to live with unholiness and have come to look upon it as the natural and expected thing. Votes: 2

Prelate, n. A church officer having a superior degree of holiness and a fat preferment. One of Heaven's aristocracy. A gentleman of God. Votes: 2

The holy man, though he be distressed, does not eat food mixed with wickedness. The lion, though hungry, will not eat what is unclean. Votes: 2

It is an undoubted truth that every doctrine that comes from God, leads to God; and that which doth not tend to promote holiness is not of God. Votes: 2

I believe in holiness and sacredness in other people. It doesn't mean that the clouds part and I see God. That's a juvenile way of thinking about it. Votes: 2

Revenge, lust, ambition, pride, and self-will are too often exalted as the gods of man's idolatry; while holiness, peace, contentment, and humility are viewed as unworthy of a serious thought. Votes: 2

Holiness does not consist in not making mistakes or never sinning. Holiness grows with capacity for conversion, repentance, willingness to begin again, and above all with the capacity for reconciliation and forgiveness. Votes: 2

If you think you can walk in holiness without keeping up perpetual fellowship with Christ, you have made a great mistake. If you would be holy, you must live close to Jesus. Votes: 2

Satisfaction with results will be the [death] knell of progress. No man is good who thinks that he cannot be better. He has no holiness who thinks that he is holy enough. Votes: 2

How much we need, in the church and in society, witnesses of the beauty of holiness, witnesses of the splendour of truth, witnesses of the joy and freedom born of a living relationship with Christ! Votes: 2

Faith is salted and peppered through everything at Christmas. And I love at least one night by the Christmas tree to sing and feel the quiet holiness of that time that's set apart to celebrate love, friendship, and God's gift of the Christ child. Votes: 2

Holiness is the habit of being of one mind with God, according as we find His mind described in Scripture. It is the habit of agreeing in God's judgment, hating what He hates, loving what He loves, and measuring everything in this world by the standard of His Word. Votes: 2

After many years of great mercy, after tasting of the powers of the world to come, we still are so weak, so foolish; but, oh! when we get away from self to God, there all is truth and purity and holiness, and our heart finds peace, wisdom, completeness, delight, joy, victory. Votes: 2

Many Christians have what we might call a 'cultural holiness.' They adapt to the character and behavior pattern of Christians around them...But God has not called us to be like those around us. He has called us to be like Himself. Holiness is nothing less than conformity to the character of God. Votes: 2

I would sooner be holy than happy if the two things could be divorced. Were it possible for a man always to sorrow and yet to be pure, I would choose the sorrow if I might win the purity, for to be free from the power of sin, to be made to love holiness, is true happiness. Votes: 2

The world is a challenging place in terms of wars and peace, basic human rights and freedoms. The Holy Father has a major role to play in global affairs. The pope is more than a spiritual leader. For the world's 1.2 billion Catholics, he is an inspiration of holiness and goodness and, above all, the faithful proclamation of the Gospel. Votes: 2

Laughter is carbonated holiness. Votes: 1

Laughter is the effervescent form of holiness. Votes: 1

See your vocation as a God-given path to holiness. Votes: 1

Goodness can endure a few moments; holiness is life-defining. Votes: 1

Love is the essence of the holiness of the Church. Votes: 1

Nothing matches the holiness and fascination of accurate and intricate detail. Votes: 1

The saints shall persevere in holiness, because God perseveres in grace. Votes: 1

LIII.What is the holiness of conversation? It isto master death. Votes: 1

[God] disciplines us for our good, that we may share His holiness. Votes: 1

What keeps the marriage going is your commitment to your spouse's holiness. Votes: 1

... be radical about grace and relentless about truth and resolute about holiness... Votes: 1

They climbed their ladders to wheedle and prune the trees into holiness Votes: 1

The Life of true holiness is rooted in the soil of awed adoration Votes: 1

Humility is honestly assessing ourselves in light of God's holiness and our sinfulness. Votes: 1

The fine flower of unholiness can grow only in the close neighborhood of the Holy. Votes: 1

For it is through humility, he knew, that holiness--and poetry--find entrance to the human soul. Votes: 1

The asynarte city; two rhythms unconnected, profanity, holiness, and out of that strange bed, art. Votes: 1

If you truly understood the holiness of God, you would have a proper attitude about yourself. Votes: 1

What is hell other than a realm in which unholiness works without restraint in body and soul? Votes: 1

Discipleship is the pursuit of holiness and happiness. It is the path to our best and happiest self. Votes: 1

Certainly our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters need to be supported in living out their call to holiness. Votes: 1

A soul that is transformed by principles exudes holiness and a sense of pureness that is beyond our imagination. Votes: 1

Only when holiness and worship meet can evil be conquered. For that, only the Christian message has the answer. Votes: 1

God's greatest gift is to endow human beings with the capacity to perceive - and the create - holiness. Votes: 1

How little people know who think that holiness is dull. When one meets the real thing, it is irresistible Votes: 1

Prayer finds its source in God's holiness and it is at the same time our response to this holiness. Votes: 1

Only when I focus on the holiness and glory of God am I able to see myself with accuracy. Votes: 1

Scripture speaks of a holiness which we have in Christ before God and a holiness which we must strive after. Votes: 1

In 1054, the patriarch of Constantinople and the pope excommunicated each other. That was the end of holiness for both churches. Votes: 1

The holiness of love inspired ordinary men and women to act like angels. It lifted them on wings closer to God. Votes: 1

If vocational holiness is to be anything more than a pious wish, pastors must dive to the ocean depths of prayer. Votes: 1

The beauty of holiness is that which the grave, that consumes all other beauty, cannot touch, or do any damage to. Votes: 1

In the life of earnest Christians who pursue and profess holiness, humility ought to be the chief mark of their uprightness. Votes: 1

God's holiness, then, is not only the opposite of evil; it is the measure by which we know evil to be evil. Votes: 1

As we grow in holiness, we grow in hatred of sin; and God, being infinitely holy, has an infinite hatred of sin. Votes: 1

THE LIGHT THAT NOW REFLECTS FROM WITHIN YOU RADIATES PURITY AND HOLINESS, WHICH CAUSES US TO BECOME A LIGHT TO THE WORLD. Votes: 1

There's a kind of holiness to love, requited or not, and those people who don't receive it with gratitude are arrogant beyond saving. Votes: 1

Be glad in the Lord and receive willingly from His Hand all that he designs for my holiness - both painful and pleasant. Votes: 1

So, I'm not on a diet. I'm on a journey with Jesus to learn the fine art of self-discipline for the purpose of holiness. Votes: 1

Religion isn't about believing things. It's ethical alchemy. It's about behaving in a way that changes you, that gives you intimations of holiness and sacredness. Votes: 1

But that is all prayer requires: faith, hope, and love. Great holiness, or piety, or sanctity are not required. Prayer is a road to holiness. Votes: 1

This hospital, like every other, is a hole in the universe through which holiness issues in blasts. It blows both ways, in and out of time. Votes: 1

For a prohibition always increases an illicit desire so long as the love of and joy in holiness is too weak to conquer the inclination to sin... Votes: 1

Our holiness is an effect, not a cause; so long as our eyes are on our own personal whiteness as an end in itself, the thing breaks down. Votes: 1

Holy solitaries' is a phrase no more consistent with the Gospel than holy adulterers. The Gospel of Christ knows no religion but social; no holiness, but social holiness. Votes: 1

We will never achieve holiness by what we do or don't do. Our only hope is to claim the holiness that Jesus died to give us: His holiness. Votes: 1

The ministry of prayer, if it be anything worthy of the name, is a ministry of ardor, a ministry of unwearied and intense longing after God and after his holiness. Votes: 1

Happiness is a great power of holiness. Thus, kind words, by their power of producing happiness, have also a power of producing holiness, and so of winning men to God. Votes: 1

I am in every religion as the thread through a string of pearls. Wherever thou seest extraordinary holiness and extraordinary power raising and purifying humanity, know thou that I am there. Votes: 1

The pursuit of holiness is not a quixotic effort to do just what Jesus did. It's the fight to live out the life that has already been made alive in Christ. Votes: 1

The divine order then is first pardon, then holiness; first peace with God, and then conformity to the image of that God with whom we have been brought to be at peace. Votes: 1

God will not give me humility, or patience, or holiness, or love as separate investments of His grace. He has given only one gift to meet our need, His Son Christ Jesus. Votes: 1

Tis a more glorious effect of power to make that holy that was so depraved and under dominion of sin, than to confirm holiness on that which before had nothing of the contrary. Votes: 1

God, for example, appealed to me as a beardless man wearing a quilted silk cap; holiness was something burning, forbidding, something connected with fire while a day had the form of an oblong box. Votes: 1

The Holy Spirit makes us aware of our lack of holiness to stimulate us to deeper yearning and striving for holiness. But Satan will attempt to use the Holy Spirit's work to discourage us. Votes: 1

Theism, however, teaches that not only is there a moral universe but there is an absolute standard by which all moral judgments are measured. God himself-his character of goodness (holiness and love)-is the standard. Votes: 1

I wish your increase in holiness, number, love, religion, and righteousness; and wait you, and cease to contend with these men that are gone from us, for there is nothing that shall convince them but judgment. Votes: 1

Two things specially avail unto improvement in holiness, namely firmness to withdraw ourselves from the sin to which by nature we are most inclined, and earnest zeal for that good in which we are most lacking. Votes: 1

Consider the holiness of your hands. They are how you do your work on this earth; they are a microcosm of the hands of the Goddess, and can change the world as easily as hers can. Votes: 1

My chief desire in all my writings, is to exalt the Lord Jesus Christ and make Him beautiful and glorious in the eyes of people; and to promote the increase of repentance, faith, and holiness upon earth. Votes: 1

In linking holy and without blemish (or without blame) so closely, the Holy Spirit would have led us to seek for the embodiment of holiness as a spiritual power in the blamelessness of practice and of daily life. Votes: 1

After character becomes imbued with conscious principles of love, integrity, and faith, it opens the door for purity and holiness to converge at the portals of the soul like sentinels guarding against any counter attacks from the ego. Votes: 1

Whoever does not believe in God will not believe in the people of God. But he who believes in the people of God will also see their holiness, even if he did not believe in it at all before. Votes: 1

Many Spirit-filled authors have exhausted the thesaurus in order to describe God with the glory He deserves. His perfect holiness, by definition, assures us that our words can't contain Him. Isn't it a comfort to worship a God we cannot exaggerate? Votes: 1

God's holiness is not an unloving holiness, and God's love is not an unholy love. It is only by keeping these two primary moral qualities of the divine being closely related that we may rightly behold the character of God. (p. 98) Votes: 1

Wounds. Broken places.Possibility.Change.Steps toward holiness.Imperfect progress.The hurt in those who hurt me---their underbellies.Grace.Love.Me looking alot more like Jesus than I did before.And to discover through all this seeing---being unglued isn't all that bad. Votes: 1

Creation discloses a power that baffles our minds and beggars our speech. We are enamored and enchanted by God's power. We stutter and stammer about God's holiness. We tremble before God's majesty... and yet, we grow squeamish and skittish before God's love. Votes: 1

Now, according to the strength or weakness of his faith in his Savior, so is his joy and peace, so is his love for holiness, so are his desires to know Him more and to serve Him more single-mindedly in this present world.But Votes: 1

Stand by; for I am holier than you! What a parody on holiness! Jesus the Holy One is the humble One: the holiest will ever be the humblest. There is none holy but God: we have as much of holiness as we have of God. Votes: 1

Royce Westmoreland stared at him with biting scornI despise hypocrisy, particularly when it is coated with holiness.May I ask for a specific example?Fat priests, Royce replied, with fat purses, who lecture staving peasants on the dangers of gluttony and the merits of poverty. Votes: 1

As we grow in the knowledge of God's holiness, even though we are growing in the practice of holiness, it seems the gap between our knowledge and our practice always gets wider. This is the Holy Spirit's way of drawing us to more and more holiness. Votes: 1

The heroes of faith in Hebrews 11 ... obeyed by faith ... obedience is the pathway to holiness ... no one will become holy apart from a life of faith. Faith enables us to claim the promises of God, but it also enables us to obey the commands of God. Votes: 1

There are no two hours alike. Every hour is unique and the only one given at the moment, exclusive and endlessly precious. Judaism teaches us to be attached to holiness in time; to learn how to consecrate sanctuaries that emerge from the magnificent stream of a year. Votes: 1

To worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness of God, to feed the mind with the truth of God, to purge the imagination by the beauty of God, to open the heart to the love of God, to devote the will to the purpose of God. Votes: 1

Buddha's teaching are very simple, you don't have to break your head to understand the message. The part that I like the most from Buddha's teachings and from His Holiness, The Dalai Lama, is that the most powerful weapon is to not attack, to be able to have self-control. Votes: 1

God created us to be worshipers because it is right that he be known, loved and worshiped. This isn't because he is needy and wishes someone would tell him how special he is. No, it's because he is perfect and the worship of his perfection is holiness in action. Votes: 1

The best news in the world is that there is no conflict between your greatest possible happiness and God's perfect holiness. Being satisfied with all that God is for you in Jesus magnifies him as the greatest treasure and brings you more joy---eternal, infinite joy---than any other delight ever could. Votes: 1

The more we devote ourselves to the pursuit of holiness and happiness, the less likely we will be on a path to regrets. The more we rely on the Savior's grace, the more we will feel that we are on the track our Father in Heaven has intended for us. Votes: 1

The music had ceased. Alex walked over to the gramophone, wound it up again, and put on more blues, a woman singing this time, gay and sad at once, like a stranded angel who had traded holiness for humanity but remembered what it used to be like to know God. Votes: 1

Repentance must dig the foundations, but holiness shall erect the structure, and bring forth the top-stone. Repentance is the clearing away of the rubbish of the past temple of sin; holiness builds the new temple which the Lord our God shall inherit. Repentance and desires after holiness never can be separated. Votes: 1

Whosoever will list himself under the banner of Christ, must, in the first place and above all things, make war upon his own lusts and vices. It is in vain for any man to usurp the name of Christian, without holiness of life, purity of manners, benignity and meekness of spirit. Votes: 1

As God delights in his own beauty, he must necessarily delight in the creature's holiness which is a conformity to and participation of it, as truly as [the] brightness of a jewel, held in the sun's beams, is a participation or derivation of the sun's brightness, though immensely less in degree. Votes: 1

The world calls for and expects from us simplicity of life, the spirit of prayer, charity towards all, especially towards the lowly and the poor, obedience and humility... Without this mark of holiness, our word will have difficulty in touching the heart of modern man. It risks being vain and sterile. Votes: 1

When we commit ourselves to the pursuit of holiness, we need to ensure that our commitment is actually to God, not simply to a holy lifestyle or a set of moral values ... offer yourselves to God, and in doing that commit yourselves to the pursuit of holiness in order to please Him. Votes: 1

Legalism is a problem in the church, but so is anti-nomianism. Granted, I don't hear anyone saying, 'Let's continue in sin that grace may abound'. That's the worse form of antinomianism. But strictly speaking, antinomianism simply means no-law, and some Christians have very little place for the law in their pursuit of holiness. Votes: 1

War is hell, but that's not the half of it, because war is also mystery and terror and adventure and courage and discovery and holiness and pity and despair and longing and love. War is nasty; war is fun. War is thrilling; war is drudgery. War makes you a man; war makes you dead. Votes: 1

If the work of our sanctification presents us with difficulties that appear insurmountable, it is because we do not look at it in the right way. In reality, holiness consists in one thing alone, namely, fidelity to God's plan. And this fidelity is equally within everyone's capacity in both its active and passive exercise. Votes: 1

When spiritual friends share their stories, the others listen without working. They rest. There's nothing to fix, nothing to improve. A spiritual community feels undisturbed quiet as they listen, certainly burdened . . . but still resting in the knowledge that the life within, the passion for holiness, is indestructible. It needs only to be nourished and released. Votes: 1

A prayerless age will have but scant models of divine power. The age may be a better age than the past, but there is an infinite distance between the betterment of an age by the force of an advancing civilization and its betterment by the increase of holiness and Christlikeness by the energy of prayer. Votes: 1

Every rock is spoon by the Word. Every time I touch a stone, I am touching the Voice of God. Every cell of me is crafted by that artistry. My life is His breath. But we mortals grow numb. We want to feel more. And so we add MSG to our earthly brands of holiness. Votes: 1

Perhaps as this hostile world oppresses us and tries to lead us away from God's holy ways, He sends angels on missions of mercy to open our eyes to pathways of holiness. What better way can angels minister to those who are to inherit salvation than to facilitate this very thing? (An Angel's View, pp. 69-70). Votes: 1

A Prayer for Daily InsightOpen my eyes, God. Help me to perceive what I have ignored, to uncover what I have forgotten, to find what I have been searching for. Remind me that I don't have to journey far to discover something new, for miracles surround me, blessings and holiness abound. And You are near. Amen. Votes: 1

Sure, it would be great to be a better person, and you do hope to avoid the really big sins. But you figure, since we're saved by grace, holiness is not required of you, and frankly, your life seems fine without it. The hole in our holiness is that we don't really care much about it. Votes: 1

Sin is like that. Whether you know what you're doing or not, there is damage. There are consequences. The holiness of the Lord requires justice for these consequences. It demands a covering for them. At the same time. He is merciful with our mistakes. So he Himself gives us that covering by providing us with the sacrifice. Votes: 1

For the first four years of my life, while he lived, I was not Ti Jean Duluoz, I was Gerard, the world was his face, the flower of his face, the pale stooped disposition, the heartbreakingness and the holiness and his teachings of tenderness to me, and my mother constantly reminding me tonpay attention to his goodness and advice. Votes: 1

Nothing cuts the nerve of the desire to pursue holiness as much as a sense of guilt. On the contrary, nothing so motivates us to deal with sin in our lives as does the understanding and application of the two truth that our sins are forgiven and the dominion of sin is broken because of our union with Christ. Votes: 1

God is never a God of discouragement. When you have a discouraging spirit or train of thought in your mind, you can be sure it is not from God. He sometimes brings pain to his children-conviction over sin, or repentance over fallenness, or challenges that scare us, or visions of his holiness that overwhelm us. But God never brings discouragement. Votes: 1

By salvation I mean not barely according to the vulgar notion deliverance from hell or going to heaven but a present deliverance from sin a restoration of the soul to its primitive health its original purity a recovery of the divine nature the renewal of our souls after the image of God in righteousness and true holiness in justice mercy and truth. Votes: 1

Christians actually need to be confronted by their real need-an understanding of God's holiness and their own sinfulness-so they can be usable to Him for His Glory. When we have a right relationship to God, every aspect of our lives will settle into its divinely ordained place. ... We are still to need other needs but it begins with a high view of God. Votes: 1

Ender had never spoken of that to anyone, not even to Mother, but had kept it as a memory of holiness, of how his mother loved him when she thought that no one, not even he, could see or hear. That was what Alai had given him: a gift so sacred that even Ender could not be allowed to understand what it meant. Votes: 1

Holiness provokes hatred. The greater the holiness, the greater the human hostility toward it. It seems insane. No man was ever more loving than Jesus Christ. Yet even His love made people angry. His love was a perfect love, a transcendent and holy love, but HIs very love brought trauma to people. This kind of love is so majestic we can't stand it. Votes: 1

Divines are generally agreed that sin radically and fundamentally consists in what is negative, or privative, having its root and foundation in a privation or want of holiness. And therefore undoubtedly, if it be so that sin does very much consist in hardness of heart, and so in the want of pious affections of heart, holiness does consist very much in those pious affections. Votes: 1

Whatever God felt about anything, He still feels. Whatever He thought about anyone, He still thinks. Whatever He approved, He still approves. Whatever He condemned, He still condemns. Today we have what they call the relativity of morals. But remember this God never changes. Holiness and righteousness are conformity to the will of God. And the will of God never changes for moral creatures. Votes: 1

Since holiness is the main thing that excites, draws, and governs all gracious affections, it is no wonder that all such affections tend to holiness. That which men love, they desire to have and to be united to, and possessed of. That beauty which men delight in, they desire to be adorned with. Those acts which men delight in, they necessarily incline to do. Votes: 1

Surely you're not saying that the life of a human and the life of an animal are of the same value?' he ventured.'As humans we have much greater potential, of course,' His Holiness replied. 'But the way we all want very much to stay alive, the way we cling to our particular experience of consciousness-in this way human and animal are equal. Votes: 1

The church has a double responsibility in relation to the world around us. On the one hand we are to live, serve and witness in the world. On the other hand we are to avoid becoming contaminated by the world. So we are neither to seek to preserve our holiness by escaping from the world nor to sacrifice our holiness by conforming to the world Votes: 1

If you don't delight in the fact that your Father is holy, holy, holy, then you are spiritually dead. You may be in a church. You may go to a Christian school. But if there is no delight in your soul for the holiness of God, you don't know God. You don't love God. You're out of touch with God. You're asleep to his character. Votes: 1

When God is our Holy Father, sovereignty, holiness, omniscience, and immutability do not terrify us; they leave us full of awe and gratitude. Sovereignty is only tyrannical if it is unbounded by goodness; holiness is only terrifying if it is untempered by grace; omniscience is only taunting if it is unaccompanied by mercy; and immutability is only torturous if there is no guarantee of goodwill. Votes: 1

It is good for God's people to be put in a place of longing so they feel a slight desperation. Only then can we be empty enough and open enough to discover the holiness we were made for. When we are stuffed full of other things and never allow ourselves to be in a place of longing, we don't recognize the deeper spiritual battle going on. Votes: 1

I have a better idea,' said she. 'Know that under a mortal name am I mistress of the Palace of Kama in Khaipur.''The Fornicatorium, madam?'She frowned. 'As such is it often known to the vulgar, and do not call me 'madam' in the same breath-- it smacks of ancient jest. It is a place of rest, pleasure, holiness and much of my revenue. Votes: 1

Holiness has most often been revealed to me in the exquisite pun of the first syllable, in holes- in not enough help, in brokenness, mess. High holy places, with ethereal sounds and stained glass, can massage my illusion of holiness, but in holes and lostness I can pick up the light of small ordinary progress, newly made moments flecked like pepper into the slog and the disruptions. Votes: 1

In the Cross is salvation; in the Cross is life; in the Cross is protection against our enemies; in the Cross is infusion of heavenly sweetness; in the Cross is strength of mind; in the Cross is joy of spirit; in the Cross is excellence of virtue; in the Cross is perfection of holiness. There is no salvation of soul, nor hope of eternal life, save in the Cross. Votes: 1

Laughter is carbonated holiness." Votes: 0

Obedience is the pathway to holiness. Votes: 0

I'm a holy man minus the holiness. Votes: 0

Without holiness you cannot talk of God. Votes: 0

The deepest sins are camouflaged as holiness. Votes: 0

Repentance and desires after holiness never be separated. Votes: 0

Laughter is a bubbly, effervescent form of holiness Votes: 0

The path to holiness lies through questioning everything. Votes: 0

My people's greatest need is my personal holiness Votes: 0

Oh, the holiness of being the injured party. Votes: 0

The path of holiness is a path of light. Votes: 0

Fame now wears the halo that once crowned holiness. Votes: 0

Only those who walk in holiness experience true joy. Votes: 0

Magnify the divine mystery and the holiness of mankind. Votes: 0

Heaven does not make holiness, but holiness makes heaven. Votes: 0

The holiness of God is traumatic to unholy people. Votes: 0

Mountains, hills and valleys confirm the beauty of Your holiness. Votes: 0

Abandonment to God is of more value than personal holiness! Votes: 0

The neglect of prayer is a grand hindrance to holiness. Votes: 0

The greatest need of my people is my own holiness, Votes: 0

Art is the only clean thing on earth, except holiness. Votes: 0

Where there is faith there is an awareness of holiness. Votes: 0

Real faith invariably produces holiness of heart and righteousness of life. Votes: 0

God's commandments not only reflect His holiness, they promote our happiness. Votes: 0

This perfection must come through the practice of holiness and love. Votes: 0

The worlds greatest need is the personal holiness of Christian people. Votes: 0

The saints shall persevere in holiness, because God perseveres in grace. Votes: 0

The conditions of praying are the conditions of righteousness, holiness, and salvation. Votes: 0

be radical about grace and relentless about truth and resolute about holiness Votes: 0

Expecting perfection from ourselves or others is not what holiness is about. Votes: 0

I earnestly long for more grace and personal holiness, and more usefulness. Votes: 0

Where You are, Lord I am free, holiness is Christ in me. Votes: 0

There is nothing more foreign, more alien, to our nature than holiness. Votes: 0

All are called to holiness, and holy people alone can renew humanity. Votes: 0

God condemned sin in Christ, so that holiness might appear in us. Votes: 0

I am sure of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections. Votes: 0

God is not going to negotiate His holiness... in order to accommodate us. Votes: 0

The measure of your holiness is proportionate to the goodness of your will. Votes: 0

Sometimes when we aren't looking, the holiness comes breaking through like a rainbow. Votes: 0

To run hard after holiness is another way of running hard after God. Votes: 0

Revival is God revealing Himself to men in awesome holiness and irresistible power. Votes: 0

Wrong views about holiness are generally traceable to wrong views about human corruption. Votes: 0

As a husband, your love for your wife has a specific goal: her holiness. Votes: 0

The cross of Jesus Christ represents the intersection of God's love and God's holiness. Votes: 0

The failure of modern evangelicalism is the failure to understand the holiness of God. Votes: 0

with the true convert, holiness is woven into all his powers, principles, and practice. Votes: 0

People who parade their holiness are operating dangerously close to the sin of pride. Votes: 0

Thus there will be three effects of nearness to Jesus humility, happiness, and holiness. Votes: 0

Humility is honestly assessing ourselves in light of God’s holiness and our sinfulness. Votes: 0

Grace is the mother and nurse of holiness, and not the apologist of sin. Votes: 0

Prayer is the breath of life to our soul; holiness is impossible without it Votes: 0

When Jesus comes to live in our hearts, the seed of holiness is planted. Votes: 0

Purge thy heart from malice and, innocent of envy, enter the divine court of holiness. Votes: 0

Happiness comes from holiness. You can't truly be happy unless you're hungry for Jesus Christ. Votes: 0

God uses prayer to educate His people and to produce holiness of character in them. Votes: 0

Not only is holiness the goal of your redemption, it is necessary for your redemption Votes: 0

Faith, repentance, and holiness are no less the free gifts of God than eternal life. Votes: 0

Sometimes holiness demands that we speak up, but oftentimes it calls us to shut up. Votes: 0

One thing I learned from his holiness the Dali Lama is the importance of humor. Votes: 0

When HOLINESS loses its sweetness it is a fierce thing to come in contact with. Votes: 0

Ecstasy, I think, is a soul's response to the waves holiness makes as it nears. Votes: 0

If you want to be popular, preach happiness. If you want to be unpopular, preach holiness. Votes: 0

Piety and holiness of life will propitiate the gods. [Lat., Deos placatos pietas efficiet et sanctitas.] Votes: 0

God makes provision for our holiness, but He gives us the responsibility of using those provisions. Votes: 0

Morality divorced from the doctrines of the gospel is not that holiness which the gospel requires. Votes: 0

He only can truly pray who is all aglow for holiness, for God, and for heaven. Votes: 0

A holiday is for kindness, compassion, love, and holiness; it is not for laziness or craziness. Votes: 0

Nothing can make a man truly great but being truly good, and partaking of God's holiness. Votes: 0

Only when we understand the holiness of God will we understand the depth of our sin. Votes: 0

Every day is a god, each day is a god, and holiness holds forth in time. Votes: 0

Lose everything, even the attachment to holiness, so that you aim only at one thing: to love Votes: 0

Prayer will promote our personal holiness as nothing else, except the study of the Word of God. Votes: 0

There is no detour to holiness, Jesus came to the resurrection through the cross, not around it. Votes: 0

We don't accidentally drift into holiness; rather we mature gradually and purposefully, one choice at a time. Votes: 0

I approach my life haphazardly. Not much holiness and only as much wisdom as I can muster. Votes: 0

Let us defend the home as a place which is second only to the temple in holiness. Votes: 0

Mark it down"”your progress in holiness will never exceed your relationship with the holy Word of God. Votes: 0

Man's holiness is now his greatest happiness, and in heaven man's greatest happiness will be his perfect holiness. Votes: 0

Sanctification will be drudgery unless we believe that holiness is possible and that it is pleasing to God. Votes: 0

Prayer, humility, and charity toward all are essential in the Christian life: they are the way to holiness. Votes: 0

Do not be content to live a mediocre Christian life: walk with determination along the path of holiness. Votes: 0

True holiness is not achieved by what we do, but what we allow God to do in us. Votes: 0

The more afflictions you have been under, the more assistance you have had for this life of holiness. Votes: 0

I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the Heart's affections and the truth of the Imagination. Votes: 0

stop the darkness and its amputations and find the real McCoy in the private holiness of my hands. Votes: 0

The pursuit of holiness must be anchored in the grace of God; otherwise it is doomed to failure Votes: 0

How little people know who think that holiness is dull... When one meets the real thing, it's irresistible! Votes: 0

The pursuit of holiness is always on the path of obedience to the Word, never apart from it. Votes: 0

To engage people in culture we must remember that holiness is separation from sin, not separation from sinners. Votes: 0

Our Catholic schools exist to help young people attain holiness in their lives, that is, to become saints. Votes: 0

God's holiness demands that sin be punished - but God's love has provided the way of redemption through Christ. Votes: 0

We must never settle for harmony at the expense of holiness, nor for peace at the expense of principle. Votes: 0

The gospel is not an announcement that God has relaxed his justice or lowered the standard of His holiness. Votes: 0

God has linked holiness and happiness; and what God has joined together we must not think to put asunder. Votes: 0

Escape from the power of the hunting pack, and to know that wisdom is best and beauty sheer holiness. Votes: 0

Always remember the essence of Christian holiness is simplicity and purity: one design, one desire: entire devotion to God. Votes: 0

You know, we live in a day when we are more afraid of holiness than we are of sinfulness. Votes: 0

The preaching that ignores the doctrine of Hell lowers the holiness of God and degrades the work of Christ. Votes: 0

The foundation of our love for the Lord lies in the recognition of His holiness, our sinfulness, and His grace. Votes: 0

The Christian must be consumed by the conviction of the infinite beauty of holiness and the infinite damnability of sin. Votes: 0

Christ is so in love with holiness, that at the price of His blood He will buy it for us. Votes: 0

Our progress in holiness depends on God and ourselves - on God's grace and on our will to be holy. Votes: 0

It is God’s omnipotence, His consuming holiness, and His right to judge that make Him worthy to be feared. Votes: 0

She entered a state where prayer and poetry became one and the everyday world seemed full of holiness and significance. Votes: 0

The solution is always spiritual, and it almost never has anything to do with the problem ... laughter is carbonated holiness. Votes: 0

Woman [in the 14th century] was the Church's rival, the temptress, the distraction, the obstacle to holiness, the Devil's decoy. Votes: 0

He that sees the beauty of holiness or true moral good ,sees the greatest and most important thing in the world. Votes: 0

Repentance, not proper behavior or even holiness, is the doorway to grace. And the opposite of sin is grace, not virtue. Votes: 0

autumn days have a holiness that spring lacks ... They are like old serene saints for whom death has lost its terror. Votes: 0

Seek and possess holiness, and consolation will follow, as assuredly as warmth follows the dispensation of the rays of the sun. Votes: 0

Do not be content with a static Christian life. Determine rather to grow in faith and love, in knowledge and holiness. Votes: 0

Jesus calls us to a holiness that is positive, generous and openhearted. It's a difficult, daring challenge - do we accept it? Votes: 0

My one aim in life is to secure personal holiness, for without being holy myself I cannot promote real holiness in others. Votes: 0

In salvation we are not only saved from sin and damnation; we are saved unto holiness. The goal of redemption is holiness. Votes: 0

My unrestrained commitment of myself to God gives the Holy Spirit the opportunity to grant to me the holiness of Jesus Christ. Votes: 0

Holy writing must strive (by all means) for perfection and true holiness, that a door may be opened to him in heaven. Votes: 0

When we hear any mention of our mystical union with Christ, we should remember that holiness is the channel to do it. Votes: 0

To sanctify God is to reverence Him in our hearts, and to represent Him in the glory of His holiness before men. Votes: 0

A god who is all love, all grace, all mercy, no sovereignty, no justice, no holiness, and no wrath is an idol. Votes: 0

Do not expect to grow in holiness if you spend little time alone with God and do not take His Word seriously. Votes: 0

Christian holiness does not being sinless, but rather it means struggling not to give in and always getting up after every fall. Votes: 0

All of our holy fathers knew this and all with one accord teach that perfection in holiness can be achieved only through humility. Votes: 0

We've lost the wow of God because we've lost the woe of God. His perfect holiness helps us truly appreciate His amazing grace. Votes: 0

Power is God's hand or arm, omniscience is God's eye, mercy is God's delight, eternity is God's duration, but holiness is God's beauty! Votes: 0

God’s holiness, then, is not only the opposite of evil; it is the measure by which we know evil to be evil. Votes: 0

There are the saints of every day, the 'hidden' saints, a sort of 'middle class of holiness'... to which we can all belong. Votes: 0

In order to live a life of holiness, we must first receive new life from God - we must be born from above. Votes: 0

There is a Jewish notion that holiness is found with other people. To understand what life really is, one has to share it. Votes: 0

God sees us perfect in His Son while He disciplines and chastens and purges us that we may be partakers of His holiness. Votes: 0

The more we devote ourselves to the pursuit of holiness and happiness, the less likely we will be on a path to regrets. Votes: 0

I'm a holy man minus the holiness. Hand that on to your three spies, and tell them to put it in their pipes. Votes: 0

In a divine commonwealth holiness must have the principal honor and encouragement, and a great difference be made between the precious and the vile. Votes: 0

The reason for your entire salvation, the design behind your deliverance, the purpose for which God chose you in the first place is holiness. Votes: 0

Prayer is the burden of revival; repentance is the breakthrough of revival; evangelism is the blessing of revival; holiness is the bounty of revival. Votes: 0

That opinion that personal holiness is unnecessary to final glorification is in direct opposition to every dictate of reason; to every declaration of Scripture. Votes: 0

Perfect sincerity, holiness, gigantic intellect, and all-conquering will. Let only a handful of men work with these, and the whole world will be revolutionized. Votes: 0

I always believed in God, I would go to mass most of the time, but I had no idea of the calling to holiness. Votes: 0

The proper focus of holiness is not on being set apart from something (i.e., the world), but on being set apart for something. Votes: 0

Growth in grace is one way to be happy in our religion. God has wisely linked together our comfort and our increase in holiness. Votes: 0

In every aspect of life, purity and holiness, cleanliness and refinement, exalt the human condition . . . Even in the physical realm, cleanliness will conduce to spirituality. Votes: 0

This is the holy reasoning of love; it draws no license from grace, but rather feels the strong constraints of gratitude leading it to holiness. Votes: 0

You know how I always say that laughter is carbonated holiness? Well, Robin was the ultimate proof of that, and bubbles are spirit made visible. Votes: 0

As we begin to face up to the holiness of God, our lives resound with that very same anthem, here and now upon the earth. Votes: 0

Once beyond the self, however, holiness is no longer possible, because now, there is nothing left to give and no-one left to do the giving. Votes: 0

What we should be after death, we have to attain in life, i.e. holiness and bliss. Here on earth the Kingdom of God begins. Votes: 0

It is the holiness of our Lord's heart that fills the New Testament full and makes it the unparalleled and unapproachable Book that it is. Votes: 0

You cannot study the Bible diligently and earnestly without being struck by an obvious fact-the whole matter of personal holiness is highly important to God! Votes: 0

Whatever call a man may pretend to have, if he has not been called to holiness, he certainly has not been called to the ministry. Votes: 0

The sovereign electing grace of God chooses us to repentance, to faith, and afterwards to holiness of living, to Christian service, to zeal, and to devotion. Votes: 0

We often read the Bible as if it were fundamentally about us: our improvement, our life, our triumph, our victory, our faith, our holiness, our godliness. Votes: 0

Preach the gospel to yourself, because as you consider who you are in light of God's perfect goodness, holiness and peace, you must soften toward others. Votes: 0

Do you want to learn holiness with terrible struggles and sore affliction and the plague of much remaining evil? Then wait before you turn to God. Votes: 0

The Heavenly City outshines Rome beyond comparison. There, instead of victory, is truth; instead of high rank, holiness; instead of peace, felicity; instead of life, eternity, Votes: 0

Sanctification grows out of faith in Jesus Christ. Reemember holiness is a flower, not a root; it is not sanctification that saves, but salvation that sanctifies. Votes: 0

Nevertheless, one learned very early that books had to be respected; they were all putative Bibles and to some small degree had a share in holiness. Votes: 0

Marriage is sanctified when it is cherished and honored in holiness. That union is not merely between husband and wife; it embraces a partnership with God. Votes: 0

It is not the constant thought of their sins, but the vision of the holiness of God that makes the saints aware of their own sinfulness. Votes: 0

Real holiness has love for its essence, humility for its clothing, the good of others as its employment, and the honor of God as its end. Votes: 0

The highest treason, the meanest treason, is to deny the holiness of this little blue planet on which we journey through the cold void of space. Votes: 0

We must be holy without holiness. We must be whole, complete. That's being holy. Any other kind of holiness is false, a snare, and a delusion. Votes: 0

I find that every soul that has travelled on this highway of holiness for any length of time, has invariably cut loose from its old moorings. Votes: 0

Whoever you are, you are human. Wherever you are, you live in the world, which is just waiting for you to notice the holiness in it. Votes: 0

In the flesh rather than the work of the Spirit, it is easy to say we are showing holiness and it only be egotistic pride and hardness. Votes: 0

I begin to understand as never before that holiness is made of dailiness, of living life as it comes to me, not as I insist it be. Votes: 0

If I had my choice of all the blessings I can conceive of I would choose perfect conformity to the Lord Jesus, or, in one word, holiness. Votes: 0

See what an atmosphere of holiness is here the pure air of the Ganga what an assemblage of Sadhus will you find anywhere a place like this! Votes: 0

There is ecstasy in paying attention. You can get into a kind of Wordsworthian openness to the world, where you see in everything the essence of holiness. Votes: 0

Heroism is an extraordinary feat of the flesh; holiness is an ordinary act of the spirit. One may bring personal glory; the other always gives God glory. Votes: 0

Religion isn’t about believing things. It's ethical alchemy. It’s about behaving in a way that changes you, that gives you intimations of holiness and sacredness. Votes: 0

The holiness of the real Is always there, accessible In total immanence. The nodes Of transcendence coagulate In you, the experiencer, And in the other, the lover. Votes: 0

[Christ] does not give [men] light but from moment to moment; the instant He withdraws, all is darkness.... God does not give them a stock of holiness. Votes: 0

But I also say this: that light is an invitation to happiness, and that happiness, when it's done right, is a kind of holiness, palpable and redemptive. Votes: 0

The whole idea of the prayers of the saints is that God's holiness, God's purpose, God's ways may be brought about irrespective of who comes or goes. Votes: 0

Don't wait until the moment of crisis. Plan ahead, hide God's Word in your heart, and pray in advance for victory, holiness, and a life pleasing to God. Votes: 0

I am ready to meet God face to face tonight and look into those eyes of infinite holiness, for all my sins are covered by the atoning blood. Votes: 0

Vice and virtue chiefly imply the relation of our actions to men in this world; sin and holiness rather imply their relation to God and the other world. Votes: 0

Scholarship has the same relationship to wisdom as righteousness has to holiness: it is cold and dry, it is loveless and knows nodeep feelings of inadequacy or longing. Votes: 0

All of us can attain to Christian virtue and holiness, no matter in what condition of life we live and no matter what our life work may be. Votes: 0

Christ is the most perfect image of God, into which we are so renewed as to bear the image of God, in knowledge, purity, righteousness, and true holiness. Votes: 0

Of courtesy, it is much less Than courage of heart or holiness, Yet in my walks it seems to me That the Grace of God is in courtesy. Votes: 0

Whatever his inhibitions and tastes, Western man believes in the natural holiness of seminudism and raw vegetable juice, because these have become for him symbols of unadultered nature. Votes: 0

The inquirer after holiness should associate with those whose intelligence will instruct him; whose example will guide him; whose conversation will inspire him; whose cautions will warn him. Votes: 0

All Catholics must ask themselves what they personally have done lately to build up the holiness of the church and ensure people feel welcomed and loved in it. Votes: 0

The greatest barrier to evangelization today is bad example....Our strategy of evangelization must be based upon sanctity, upon our enthusiastic response to Christ's universal call to holiness. Votes: 0

Why would the disciples invent a God whose holiness was more terrifying than the forces of nature that provoked them to invent a god in the first place? Votes: 0

If the Savior has not sanctified you, renewed you, given you a hatred of sin and a love of holiness, He has nothing in you of a saving character. Votes: 0

The sacraments infuse holiness into the terrain of man's humanity: they penetrate the soul and body, the femininity and masculinity of the personal subject, with the power of holiness. Votes: 0

We do ourselves wrong, and too meanly estimate the holiness above us, when we deem that any act or enjoyment good in itself, is not good to do religiously. Votes: 0

My father instilled in me - of utmost importance and innate in me is the yearning to determine for myself - to define God, to define holiness for myself. Votes: 0

Anything that belittles or obliterates the holiness of God by a false view of the love of God, is untrue to the revelation of God given by Jesus Christ. Votes: 0

The temple is a place of holiness. It is the most sacred and holy place on earth and should be treated with the greatest degree of reverence and respect. Votes: 0

Certainly there are spots which inevitably attach to themselves an atmosphere of holiness and goodness; it might not then be too fanciful to say that some houses are born bad. Votes: 0

We fear extremes and shy away from too much ardor in religion as if it were possible to have too much love or too much faith or too much holiness. Votes: 0

Holy people glory, not in their holiness, but in Christ's cross; for the holiest saint is never more than a justified sinner and never sees himself in any other way. Votes: 0

Do not be afraid to be holy! Have the courage and humility to present yourselves to the world determined to be holy, since full, true freedom is born from holiness. Votes: 0

Then each of you will control his own body and live in holiness and honor- not in lustful passion like the pagans who do not know God and his ways. Votes: 0

The ministry of prayer, if it be anything worthy of the name, is a ministry of ardor, a ministry of unwearied and intense longing after God and after his holiness. Votes: 0

Love for God is obedience; love for God is holiness. To love God and to love man is to be conformed to the image of Christ, and this is salvation. Votes: 0

One of the central motivations for holiness in the New Testament is to be who you are, to understand your identity and your union in Christ and to live that way. Votes: 0

How apt nature is, even in those who profess an eminence in holiness, to raise and maintain animosities against those whose calling or person they pretend to find cause to dislike! Votes: 0

Christian ethics is not primarily an individualistic, one-on-one-with-God brand of personal holiness; rather it has to do with living the life of the Spirit in Christian community and in the world. Votes: 0

The Lord withdraws when He is denied, and what is taken by the undeserving does not avail them unto salvation, since the saving grace is turned into ashes and holiness departs. Votes: 0

I am in every religion as the thread through a string of pearls. Wherever thou seest extraordinary holiness and extraordinary power raising and purifying humanity, know thou that I am there. Votes: 0

Unceasing prayer is the unbroken union of the soul with God, so that life from God flows into our life; and from our life, purity and holiness flow back to God. Votes: 0

Your soul can fly outward, stringed to your ribcage like a shimmering kite in the shape of an open hand. Be still and listen to the evidence of your own holiness. Votes: 0

A true love for God must begin with a delight in His holiness, and not with a delight in any other attribute; for no other attribute is truly lovely without this. Votes: 0

The holidays often bring challenging conversations and situations. Sometimes holiness demands that we speak, other times it invites us to be silent. In all circumstances, though, we are called to love. Votes: 0

It is not great talents or great learning or great preachers that God needs, but men great in holiness, great in faith, great in love, great in fidelity, great for God... Votes: 0

In addition to temples, surely another holy place on earth ought to be our homes. The feelings of holiness in my home prepared me for feelings of holiness in the temple. Votes: 0

God's love means that our Creator desires to have a relationship with us. God's holiness prevents him from having fellowship with us and, instead, demands the outpouring of his anger against us. Votes: 0

The fanatic is not really a stickler to principle. He embraces a cause not primarily because of its justness or holiness but because of his desperate need for something to hold onto. Votes: 0

In the person of Christ God beholds a holiness which abides His closest scrutiny, yea, which rejoices and satisfies His heart; and whatever Christ is before God, He is for His people. Votes: 0

Praise adds nothing to your holiness, nor does blame take anything from it. You are what you are, and you cannot be said to be better than you are in God's sight. Votes: 0

How blessed and amazing are God's gifts, dear friends! Life with immortality, splendor with righteous, truth with confidence, faith with assurance, self-control with holiness! And all these things are within our comprehension. Votes: 0

When the saint ceases to seek after holiness, purity, righteousness, truth; when he ceases to pray, stops reading the Word and gives way to carnal appetites, then it is that Satan comes. Votes: 0

I care not whether a man is good or evil; all that I care / Is whether he is a wise man or a fool. Go! put off holiness, / And put on intellect. Votes: 0

When your life is filled with the desire to see the holiness in everyday life, something magical happens: Ordinary life becomes extraordinary, and the very process of life begins to nourish your soul. Votes: 0

When Holy God draws near in true revival, people come under terrible conviction of sin. The outstanding feature of spiritual awakening has been the profound consciousness of the Presence and holiness of God. Votes: 0

Think about it: it is easy to see God's beauty in a glorious sunset or in ocean waves crashing on a beach. But can you find the holiness in a struggle for life? Votes: 0

There is nothing more man needs than Divine Mercy - that love which is benevolent, which is compassionate, which raises man above his weakness to the infinite heights to the holiness of God. Votes: 0

Nietzsche, to the end of his days, remained a Russian pastor's son, and hence two-thirds of a Puritan; he erected his war upon holiness, toward the end, into a sort of holy war. Votes: 0

All too often we are more afraid of physical pain than of moral wrong. The cross is the standing evidence of the fact that holiness is a principle for which God would die. Votes: 0

The Lord loves holiness and transparency, and I think that if we are to worship Him properly and lead others to do the same, our day to day lives have to reflect that. Votes: 0

Everything that God created is potentially holy, and our task as humans is to find that holiness in seemingly unholy situations. When we can do this, we will have learned to nurture our souls. Votes: 0

These then are the marks of the ideal Church - love, suffering, holiness, sound doctrine, genuineness, evangelism and humility. They are what Christ desires to find in His churches as He walks among them. Votes: 0

When we hear that Christ was made a curse for us, let us believe it with joy and assurance. By faith Christ changes places with us. He gets our sins, we get His holiness. Votes: 0

Make sure that you let God's grace work in your souls by accepting whatever He gives you, and giving Him whatever He takes from you. True holiness consists in doing God's work with a smile. Votes: 0

A proud bigot, who is vain enough to think that he can deceive even God by affected zeal, and throwing the veil of holiness over vices, damns all mankind by the word of his power. Votes: 0

The heads (Plural) of the Gods appointed one God for us; and when you take that view of the subject, it sets one free to see all the beauty, holiness and perfection of the Gods. Votes: 0

What the world needs today is neither a new order, a new education, a new system, a new society nor a new religion. The remedy lies in a mind and a heart filled with holiness. Votes: 0

When the mind opens by speaking denials, this true Self that philosophers have so long striven to free shows itself all glorious with wisdom, strength, and holiness...Denial of evil is a word of Truth. Votes: 0

The kind of "blind obedience" once theologized as the ultimate step to holiness, is itself blind. It blinds a person to the insights and foresight and moral perspective of anyone other than an authority figure. Votes: 0

The doctrine of hell does not stand alone as a kind of ancient Christian horror story. Rather, hell is inseparable from three other interrelated biblical truths: human sin, God's holiness, and the cross of Christ. Votes: 0

Do you realize the unimaginable greatness, the holiness of what you so casually call 'consciousness'? It is the unmanifest Absolute aware of its awareness through the manifestation, of which your mind-body is presently a part. Votes: 0