--- title: "8 Christ Teaching Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 8 Christ Teaching quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Christ Teaching sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33b/vincent-de-paul-1676_accepting_let-each-of-us-accept-the-truth-of-the-f_191623.jpg" --- > [Let each of us accept the truth of the following statement and try to make it our most fundamental principle: Christ's teaching…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-de-paul/let-each-of-us-accept-the-truth-of-the-following-statement-and-try-to/) [Vincent de Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-de-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33b/vincent-de-paul-1676_accepting_let-each-of-us-accept-the-truth-of-the-f_191623.jpg) > [What sometimes goes on in all sorts of Christian institutions is not formation of people in the character of Christ; it's teaching…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dallas-willard/what-sometimes-goes-on-in-all-sorts-of-christian-institutions-is-not/) [Dallas Willard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dallas-willard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d5/dallas-willard-819_character_what-sometimes-goes-on-in-all-sorts-of-c_769681.png) > [“The older I grow the less Christ's teaching says to me. I am sometimes very conscious that I am following the path…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robertson-davies/the-older-i-grow-the-less-christ-s-teaching-says-to-me-i-am-sometimes/) [Robertson Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robertson-davies/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f7/robertson-davies-834_education_the-older-i-grow-the-less-christ-s-teach_809805.png) > [The basic question 'will I obey Christ 's teaching?' is rarely taken as a serious issue. For example, to take one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dallas-willard/the-basic-question-will-i-obey-christ-s-teaching-is-rarely-taken-as-a/) [Dallas Willard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dallas-willard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccc/dallas-willard-819_bless_the-basic-question-will-i-obey-christ-s_821595.png) > [The true meaning of Christ's teaching consists in the recognition of love as the supreme law of life, and therefore not admitting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/the-true-meaning-of-christ-s-teaching-consists-in-the-recognition-of/) [Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/685/leo-tolstoy-55_admitting_the-true-meaning-of-christ-s-teaching-co_1352334.png) > [“Thus began more than a decade of friendly warfare between Ford and Brinsmead. The former illustrated his own position in summary and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desmond-ford/thus-began-more-than-a-decade-of-friendly-warfare-between-ford-and/) [Desmond Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desmond-ford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5c/desmond-ford-14966_education_thus-began-more-than-a-decade-of-friendl_1368062.jpg) > [It is part of the amazing originality of Christ that there is to be found in his teaching no word whatever which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maude-royden/it-is-part-of-the-amazing-originality-of-christ-that-there-is-to-be/) [Maude Royden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maude-royden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/231/maude-royden-36401_christ_it-is-part-of-the-amazing-originality-of_1574336.jpg) > [Men need only trust in Christ's teaching and obey it, and there will be peace on earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/men-need-only-trust-in-christ-s-teaching-and-obey-it-and-there-will/) [Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d1/leo-tolstoy-55_christ_men-need-only-trust-in-christ-s-teaching_3163136.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christ-teaching/#itemlist", "name": "Christ Teaching Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Let each of us accept the truth of the following statement and try to make it our most fundamental principle: Christ's teaching will never let us down, while worldly wisdom always will. 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