Heaven must be an awfully dull place if the poor in spirit live there. — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Riches seem to come to the poor in spirit, the poor in interest and joy. To put it straight - the very… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“He only who is reduced to nothing in himself, and relies on the mercy of God is poor in spirit” — John Calvin Copy Share Image
I thought: pity the poor in spirit who know neither the enchantment nor the beauty of language. — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
May those who are poor in spirit and heart find their way to GOD and act in GOD's ways. — Innah Delos Angeles Copy Share Image
When a person gets right with God, my eyes are upward...I'm poor in spirit. I'm spiritually bankrupt. — Johnny Hunt Copy Share Image
We can be poor in spirit, and I don't even consider myself wealthy, which is an interesting thing, it can be here… — Ann Romney Copy Share Image
Blessed are the poor in spirit." Blessed are they who are stripped of every thing, even of their own wills, that they… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
Economic power is not the same as strength of national character. Our country may be rich in goods, but we are poor… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
Being 'poor in spirit' (a Christian virtue) means being detached from things - being able to possess goods without being possessed by… — James Stenson Copy Share Image
“Look at the commencement of His ministry. In the Beatitudes with which the Sermon on the Mount opens, He speaks: “Blessed are… — Andrew Murray Copy Share Image
'Blessed are the poor in spirit, for they shall see God' suggested to me a heavenly welfare program for the meek. Today… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
The way to deeper knowledge of God is through the lonely valleys of soul poverty and abnegation of all things. The blessed… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If you are lonely, please know you can find comfort. If you are discouraged, please know you can find hope. If you… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
“There are human tempers, bland, glowing, and genial, within whose influence it is as good for the poor in spirit to live,… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
The man who is poor in spirit desires and says with his whole heart, Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
An animal so poor in spirit that he won't even fight on his own behalf is already an evolutionary dead end; the… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
“God is not looking for heroic figures, wonderful people who captivate others with their charisma. It must have been quite baffling to… — Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt Copy Share Image
“Detachment, properly understood, means freedom, inner freedom. And, although it is not a word Jesus used, detachment expresses very well an important… — Albert Nolan Copy Share Image
“Riches and rank have no necessary connection with genuine gentlemanly qualities. The poor man with rich spirit is in all ways superior… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
“Jesus’ disciples are not people lacking resources, but they are poor because they belong to this people under the oppressive and demoralizing… — John E. Goldingay Copy Share Image
“In another of his most famous essays, Montaigne argued that to philosophise is to learn to die. I learned how to die… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The poor in spirit are blessed because theirs is the kingdom of heaven. The meek are blessed because they'll inherit the earth.… — Daniel Partner Copy Share Image
A truly Christian love, either to God or men, is a humble broken-hearted love. The desires of the saints, however earnest, are… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
“A poor man is not disposed to quick and high resentment when he is among the rich: he is apt to yield… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
“O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more. I am painfully… — A.W. Tozer Copy Share Image
“And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: And he… — Emmet Fox Copy Share Image
“The way to deeper knowledge of God is through the lonely valleys of soul poverty and abnegation of all things. The blessed… — A.W. Tozer Copy Share Image
“And on the way home I thought: pity the poor in spirit who know neither the enchantment nor the beauty of language.” — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
“The Church risks irrelevance when it makes central God's preference for the poor and not His universal favor toward the poor in… — Gilbert Mylender Copy Share Image
Ultimate Reality is not clearly and immediately apprehended except by those who have made themselves loving, pure in heart and poor in… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“Remaining poor in spirit, combined with a first love passion for Jesus are the keys God created to anchor us to the… — Bill Johnson Copy Share Image
May those who are poor in spirit and heart find their way to GOD and act in GOD's way. For this I… — Innah Delos Angeles Copy Share Image
“The Bible tells us, "blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven", which means heaven that is… — Woo Myung Copy Share Image
“It would take many centuries before Christian preachers started to teach that when Christ said, 'Blessed are the poor for theirs in… — Norman F. Cantor Copy Share Image
“Mortify your pride by cultivating humility. “Put on, therefore,” says Paul, “as the elect of God, holy and beloved, . . .… — D.L. Moody Copy Share Image
