If the Christ we follow sent out his disciples with no extra possessions (Luke 9:1-6 and 10:1-12) and warned would-be devotees that… — Marva Dawn Copy Share Image
The Christian knows to serve the weak not because they deserve it but because God extended his love to us when we… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
I'm thinking, "What difference will this sermon make in their lives tomorrow? What am I trying to give them that will make… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
A man is born gentle and weak. At death, he is hard and stiff. Green plants are tender and filled with sap.… — Laozi Copy Share Image
To be a disciple means forsaking everything to follow Jesus, unconditionally, putting our lives completely in His hands. When we say that… — Richard Stearns Copy Share Image
Today one might be tempted to say that patriotism is the last refuge of the tribal religion dedicated to the worship of… — Joseph Alexander Leighton Copy Share Image
Now I begin to be a disciple. I care for nothing, of visible or invisible things, so that I may but win… — Ignatius of Antioch Copy Share Image
The greatest issue facing the world today, with all its heartbreaking needs, is whether those who, by profession or culture, are identified… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
A teacher who establishes rapport with the taught, becomes one with them, learns more from them than he teaches them. He who… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The devil makes many disciples by preaching against sin. He convinces them that the great evil of sin, induces a crisis of… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Curiously, the righteous Pharisees had little historical impact, save for a brief time in a remote corner of the Roman Empire. But… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
One can be a faithful disciple of Jesus Christ without denying the flickers of the sacred in followers of Yahweh, or Kali,… — Leonard Sweet Copy Share Image
Christian love draws no distinction between one enemy and another, except that the more bitter our enemy's hatred, the greater his need… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Music is at once the product of feeling and knowledge, for it requires from its disciples, composers and performers alike, not only… — Alban Berg Copy Share Image
The business conduct of the disciples of wise men is truthful and faithful… He does not allow himself to be made a… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
“Here’, I am a disciple just as you are. The one you see is not ‘Dada Bhagwan’; it is ‘A. M. Patel’,… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
I don't respect killers, I respect O.G. knowledge, Codes of the streets got new rules, but no guidance. Lessons, detrimental to a… — Nas Copy Share Image
When we truly understand what it means to love as Jesus Christ loves us, the confusion clears and our priorities align. Our… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
I've never been a disciple of any school. I've lived too long. I've seen all the schools, I've seen people say, I'm… — Stuart Hall Copy Share Image
I realized that the deepest spiritual lessons are not learned by His letting us have our way in the end, but by… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
Even if the disciples had believed in the resurrection of Jesus, it is doubtful they would have generated any following. So long… — William Lane Craig Copy Share Image
The besetting sin of able men is impatience of contradiction and of criticism. Even those who do their best to resist the… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
Therefore, be islands unto yourselves. Be your own refuge. Have recourse to none else for refuge. Hold fast to the Dharma as… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
One morning I was reading the story of Jesus' feeding of the five thousand. The disciples could find only five loaves of… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
Rousseau and his disciples were resolved to force men to be free; in most of the world, they triumphed; men are set… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
A man who has been assiduous in acquiring the fruits of love will not cease loving even if he suffers a thousand… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
Being a member of a church means realizing that we are responsible for helping the brothers and sisters around us to grow… — David Platt Copy Share Image
A disciple once complained, "You tell us stories, but you never reveal their meaning to us." The master replied, "How would you… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
Dogma demands authority, rather than intelligent thought, as the source of opinion; it requires persecution of heretics and hostility to unbelievers; it… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“Being a disciple of Jesus is not primarily a matter of getting the right ideas and doctrines and beliefs into your head… — James K.A. Smith Copy Share Image
“When Simon by his works proves himself to be a true and faithful disciple then he receives the surname of Peter or… — Neville Goddard Copy Share Image
The story of Mary of Magdalene reminds us all of a fundamental truth...A disciple of Christ is one who, in the experience… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image