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Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. — Jesus · 60 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. — Jesus · 60 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. — Jesus · 60 Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you. — Jesus · 60 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. — Jesus · 60 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. — Jesus · 60 All 34 quotes →

Salvation13 quotes

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — Jesus · 90 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. — Jesus · 90 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. — Jesus · 60 I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. — Jesus · 90 Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. — Jesus · 60 Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. — Apostle Peter · 62 All 13 quotes →

Faith12 quotes

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — Jesus · 90 If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes. — Jesus · 60 If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, "Move from here to there," and it will move. — Jesus · 60 Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. — Jesus · 60 If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. — Jesus · 61 Do not be afraid, only believe. — Jesus · 60 All 12 quotes →

Jesus11 quotes

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. — Jesus · 90 I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. — Jesus · 90 I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life. — Jesus · 90 The Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. — Jesus · 60 Before Abraham was born, I am. — Jesus · 90 Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. — John the Baptist · 90 All 11 quotes →

Beatitudes9 quotes

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. — Jesus · 60 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. — Jesus · 60 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. — Jesus · 60 Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. — Jesus · 60 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. — Jesus · 60 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. — Jesus · 60 All 9 quotes →

God8 quotes

In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate. — Muhammad · 632 God is a sea of infinite substance. — St. John of Damascus · 749 You think God belongs only to you? He doesn't. God is an immortal spirit who belongs to everybody, to the whole world. You think you're special? God is not an Israelite! — Jesus · 1988 The battle is not yours, but God's. — Jahaziel · 430 BC To God belongs all that is in the heavens and in the earth, and God encompasses everything. — Muhammad · 632 Whatever good visits thee, it is of God; whatever evil visits thee is of thyself. — Muhammad · 632 All 8 quotes →

Evangelism7 quotes

No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light. — Jesus · 61 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen. — Jesus · 60 The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few. — Jesus · 60 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth. — Jesus · 62 Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. — Jesus · 60 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. — Jesus · 60 All 7 quotes →

Nature of Jesus7 quotes

I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. — Jesus · 90 I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life. — Jesus · 90 Before Abraham was born, I am. — Jesus · 90 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. — Jesus · 90 I am not of this world. — Jesus · 90 I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live — Jesus · 90 All 7 quotes →

End times6 quotes

Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. — Jesus · 60 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. — Jesus · 60 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. — Jesus · 60 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come. — Jesus · 60 Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice and come forth—those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation. — Jesus · 90 On that day you shall be exposed, not one secret of yours concealed. Then as for him who is given his book in his right hand, he shall say, "Here, take and read my book! Certainly I thought that I should encounter my reckoning." So he shall be in a pleasing life in a lofty Garden, its clusters nigh to gather. — Muhammad · 632

Nature of God6 quotes

In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate. — Muhammad · 632 God is a sea of infinite substance. — St. John of Damascus · 749 You think God belongs only to you? He doesn't. God is an immortal spirit who belongs to everybody, to the whole world. You think you're special? God is not an Israelite! — Jesus · 1988 To God belongs all that is in the heavens and in the earth, and God encompasses everything. — Muhammad · 632 He is the First and the Last, the Outward and the Inward; He has knowledge of everything. — Muhammad · 632 Praise belongs to God, the Lord of all Being, the All-merciful, the All-compassionate, the Master of the Day of Doom. — Muhammad · 632

Prayer6 quotes

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. — Jesus · 60 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. — Jesus · 60 And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith. — Jesus · 60 But even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You. — Jesus · 90 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them. — Jesus · 60 Perform the prayer at the sinking of the sun to the darkening of the night and the recital of dawn. — Muhammad · 632

Seeking6 quotes

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. — Jesus · 60 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. — Jesus · 60 Even to be attached to the idea of enlightenment is to go astray. — Jianzhi Sengcan · 606 One loses joy and happiness in the attempt to possess them. — Masanobu Fukuoka · 1975 All I can guarantee you is that as long as you are searching for happiness, you will remain unhappy. — U.G. Krishnamurti · 1984 People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something-always, in a word, seeking. — Bodhidharma · 528 BC

Worry6 quotes

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. — Jesus · 60 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. — Jesus · 60 He who will not worry about what is far off will soon find something worse than worry close at hand. — Confucius · 221 BC So do not worry, saying, "What shall we eat?" or "What shall we drink?" or "What shall we wear?" — Jesus · 60 Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? — Jesus · 60 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? — Jesus · 60

Enemies5 quotes

Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be defeated. — Sun Tzu · 475 BC The enemy of my enemy is my friend. — Kautilya · 300 BC Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you. — Jesus · 60 He that is not with me is against me. — Jesus · 60 Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you. — Jesus · 61

Kingdom of God5 quotes

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. — Jesus · 60 The kingdom of God is within you. — Jesus · 61 But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven." — Jesus · 60 The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches. — Jesus · 60 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. — Jesus · 90

Letting go5 quotes

One loses joy and happiness in the attempt to possess them. — Masanobu Fukuoka · 1975 If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it. — Lao Tzu · 400 BC Let people hold on to these: Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires. — Lao Tzu · 400 BC Seekers of the Way. In Buddhism no effort is necessary. All one has to do is to do nothing except to move his bowels, urinate, put on his clothing, eat his meals, and lie down if he is tired. The stupid will laugh at him, but the wise will understand. — Linji Yixuan · 886 Those who are contented and at ease when the occasion comes and live in accord with the course of Nature cannot be affected by sorrow or joy. This is what the ancients called release from bondage. Those who cannot release themselves are so because they are bound by material things. — Zhuang Zhou · 221 BC

Politics5 quotes

Every Communist must grasp the truth: "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." — Mao Zedong · 1938 Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed. — Mao Zedong · 1938 Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself. — Jawaharlal Nehru · 1960 The test of civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members. — Pearl S. Buck · 1954 Do not wait for me to do something for your rights. It's your world and you can change it. — Malala Yousafzai · 2013

Repentance5 quotes

It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners. — Jesus · 60 There will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance. — Jesus · 61 Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand! — John the Baptist · 60 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. — Jesus · 90 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. — Jesus · 60

The Crucifixion5 quotes

Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit. — Jesus · 61 The Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. — Jesus · 60 Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise. — Jesus · 61 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? — Jesus · 60 It is finished. — Jesus · 90

The human condition5 quotes

He maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. — Jesus · 60 Why do people have to be this lonely? What's the point of it all? Millions of people in this world, all of them yearning, looking to others to satisfy them, yet isolating themselves. Why? Was the earth put here just to nourish human loneliness? — Haruki Murakami · 1999 Ceaselessly the river flows, and yet the water is never the same, while in the still pools the shifting foam gathers and is gone, never staying for a moment. Even so is man and his habitation. — Kamo no Chomei · 1212 Birth is suffering, aging is suffering, illness is suffering, death is suffering. — Gautama Buddha · 510 BC Man lives like a robot: mechanically efficient, but with no awareness. — Osho (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh) · 1976

War5 quotes

Four things greater than all things are,— Women and Horses and Power and War. — Rudyard Kipling · 1890 The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities... It is best to win without fighting. — Sun Tzu · 490 BC Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed. — Mao Zedong · 1938 Give brief orders; speeches that are too long are likely to be forgotten. — Abu Bakr · 634 If a warrior is not unattached to life and death, he will be of no use whatsoever. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo · 1716

Art4 quotes

To be an artist means never to avert one's eyes. — Akira Kurosawa I longed to arrest all beauty that came before me, and at length the longing has been satisfied. — Julia Margaret Cameron · 1874 There are Six Essentials in painting. The first is called spirit; the second, rhythm; the third, thought; the fourth, scenery; the fifth, the brush; and the last is the ink. — Jing Hao · 925 I want to make work so people can be moved by a sense of the possible. — Zhang Huan · 2000

Forgiveness4 quotes

Then Peter came to Him and said, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?" Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven." — Jesus · 60 I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded; not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night. — Khaled Hosseini · 2003 Neither do I condemn thee: go and sin no more. — Jesus · 90 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. — Jesus · 60

God and man4 quotes

We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand. — Isaiah · 681 BC Does Heaven say anything? The four seasons run their course and all things are produced. Does Heaven say anything? — Confucius · 221 BC God is enough for me: there is no God but He. In him I have put my trust. — Muhammad · 632 Thee only we serve; to Thee alone we pray for succor. Guide us in the straight path, the path of those whom Thou hast blessed, not of those against whom Thou art wrathful, nor of those who are astray. — Muhammad · 632

Happiness4 quotes

If you're happy in a dream... does that count? — Arundhati Roy · 1997 One loses joy and happiness in the attempt to possess them. — Masanobu Fukuoka · 1975 Of all the calamities, all the sufferings, all the terrors of this world, the only principle is the feeling or love of the self: it must be renounced. — Shantideva · 700 All I can guarantee you is that as long as you are searching for happiness, you will remain unhappy. — U.G. Krishnamurti · 1984

Islam4 quotes

Muhammad is not the father of any one of your men, but the Messenger of God, and the Seal of the Prophets. — Muhammad · 632 True piety is this: to believe in God, and the Last Day, the angels, the Book, and the Prophets, to give of one's substance, however cherished, to kinsmen, and orphans, the needy, the traveler, beggars, and to ransom the slave, to perform the prayer, to pay the alms. — Muhammad · 632 I would like to inform all the intrepid Muslims in the world that the author of the book entitled The Satanic Verses, which has been compiled, printed and published in opposition to Islam, the Prophet and the Qur'an, as well as those publishers who were aware of its contents, have been declared madhur el dam-those whose blood must be shed. I call on all zealous Muslims to execute them quickly, wherever they find them, so that noone will dare to insult Islam again. Whoever is killed in this path will be regarded as a martyr. — Ayatollah Khomeini · 1989 If laws are needed, Islam has established them all. There is no need... After establishing a government, to sit down and draw up laws. — Ayatollah Khomeini · 1970

Judging others4 quotes

You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. — Jesus · 60 Judge not, that ye be not judged. — Jesus · 60 Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her. — Jesus · 90 Judge not according to the appearance. — Jesus · 90

Love4 quotes

And ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation. — Kahlil Gibran · 1923 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. — Jesus · 90 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another. — Jesus · 90 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. — Jesus · 90

Open-mindedness4 quotes

For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them. — Thich Nhat Hanh · 1987 A mind full of preconceived ideas, subjective intentions, or habits is not open to things as they are. — Shunryu Suzuki · 1970 The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the expert, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all the possibilities. — Shunryu Suzuki · 1970 In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. — Shunryu Suzuki · 1970

Political theory4 quotes

Every Communist must grasp the truth: "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." — Mao Zedong · 1938 The root of the kingdom is the state. The root of the state is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its head. — Mencius · 300 BC The people turn to a benevolent rule as water flows downwards, and as wild beasts fly to the wilderness. — Mencius · 300 BC Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself. — Jawaharlal Nehru · 1960

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