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title: "17 Poor Spirit Quotes by 15 authors"
description: "Browse 17 Poor Spirit quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Poor Spirit sayings and thoughts."
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> [“He only who is reduced to nothing in himself, and relies on the mercy of God is poor in spirit”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-calvin/he-only-who-is-reduced-to-nothing-in-himself-and-relies-on-the-mercy/)

[John Calvin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-calvin/)

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> [I thought: pity the poor in spirit who know neither the enchantment nor the beauty of language.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/i-thought-pity-the-poor-in-spirit-who-know-neither-the-enchantment/)

[Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/)

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> [May those who are poor in spirit and heart find their way to GOD and act in GOD's ways.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/innah-delos-angeles/may-those-who-are-poor-in-spirit-and-heart-find-their-way-to-god-and/)

[Innah Delos Angeles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/innah-delos-angeles/)

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> [What good is material wealth if you're poor in spirit?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramandeep-singh/what-good-is-material-wealth-if-you-re-poor-in-spirit/)

[Ramandeep Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramandeep-singh/)

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> [It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-herbert/it-is-part-of-a-poor-spirit-to-undervalue-himself-and-blush/)

[George Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-herbert/)

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> [When a person gets right with God, my eyes are upward...I'm poor in spirit. I'm spiritually bankrupt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-hunt/when-a-person-gets-right-with-god-my-eyes-are-upward-i-m-poor-in/)

[Johnny Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-hunt/)

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> [Heaven must be an awfully dull place if the poor in spirit live there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/heaven-must-be-an-awfully-dull-place-if-the-poor-in-spirit-live-there/)

[Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/)

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> [May those who are poor in spirit and heart find their way to GOD and act in GOD's way. For this I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/innah-delos-angeles/may-those-who-are-poor-in-spirit-and-heart-find-their-way-to-god-and-2/)

[Innah Delos Angeles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/innah-delos-angeles/)

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> [“There are human tempers, bland, glowing, and genial, within whose influence it is as good for the poor in spirit to live,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/there-are-human-tempers-bland-glowing-and-genial-within-whose/)

[Charlotte Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/)

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> [We can be poor in spirit, and I don't even consider myself wealthy, which is an interesting thing, it can be here…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-romney/we-can-be-poor-in-spirit-and-i-don-t-even-consider-myself-wealthy/)

[Ann Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-romney/)

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> [Blessed are the poor in spirit." Blessed are they who are stripped of every thing, even of their own wills, that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francois-fenelon/blessed-are-the-poor-in-spirit-blessed-are-they-who-are-stripped-of/)

[Francois Fenelon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francois-fenelon/)

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> [“And on the way home I thought: pity the poor in spirit who know neither the enchantment nor the beauty of language.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muriel-barbery/and-on-the-way-home-i-thought-pity-the-poor-in-spirit-who-know/)

[Muriel Barbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muriel-barbery/)

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> [“Being poor in the Spirit means you are humble, gentle, meek, God-fearing,kind and exhibit the fruits of the Spirit but being Spiritually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agu-jaachynma-n-e-2/being-poor-in-the-spirit-means-you-are-humble-gentle-meek-god-fearing/)

[Agu, Jaachynma N.E](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agu-jaachynma-n-e-2/)

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> [Ultimate Reality is not clearly and immediately apprehended except by those who have made themselves loving, pure in heart and poor in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldous-huxley/ultimate-reality-is-not-clearly-and-immediately-apprehended-except-by/)

[Aldous Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldous-huxley/)

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> [A poor spirit is poorer than a poor purse. A very few pounds a year would ease a man of the scandal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/a-poor-spirit-is-poorer-than-a-poor-purse-a-very-few-pounds-a-year/)

[Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/)

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> [Being 'poor in spirit' (a Christian virtue) means being detached from things - being able to possess goods without being possessed by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-stenson/being-poor-in-spirit-a-christian-virtue-means-being-detached-from/)

[James Stenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-stenson/)

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> [“There are those of poor spirit and there are those of great spirit. None are without it but the flame flickers pretty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-miller/there-are-those-of-poor-spirit-and-there-are-those-of-great-spirit/)

[Henry Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-miller/)

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