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
“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
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
'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
“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
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
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
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
“Sometimes we struggle to grasp the biblical view of joy because of the way it is defined and described in Western culture… — R.C. Sproul 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
“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
“Blessed are the poor in spirit . . . .” This is the first principle in the kingdom of God. The underlying… — Oswald Chambers 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
