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Life Quotes by John Shelby Spong
- Live life to it's fullest, love wastefully, and be all we can be.
- The hope for life after death must be separated forever from the behavior control mentality of reward and punishment. The Church must abandon, therefore, its…
- I do not think of God theistically, that is, as a being, supernatural in power, who dwells beyond the limits of my world. I rather…
- So who is God? No one can finally say. That is not within human competence. All we can ever say is how we believe we…
- Praying and living deeply, richly and fully have become for me almost indistinguishab le. Prayer is being present, sharing love, opening life to transcendence. It…
- The Bible interprets life from its particular perspective; it does not record in a factual way the human journey through history.
- I ... look at Jesus and see a humanity open to all that God is--open to life, open to love and open to being.
- Every institution places its ultimate weight on preserving its own life. That is why the Church emphasizes loving God over loving one's neighbor.... The push…
- Moral judgment is not life-giving; love that transcends the boundaries of judgment as Jesus' love did, is.
- Whatever diminishes life is evil, and whatever enhances life is good.
- Terrorism is a real despair. These are people for whom life has been so negative that they're willing to die if they can take down…
- I learned early in life that you get places by having the right enemies.
- The way that I see Christianity is that its role is to enhance the life of every person.
- ...death is ultimately a dimension of life through which we journey into timelessness.
- Christianity is, I believe, about expanded life, heightened consciousness and achieving a new humanity. It is not about closed minds, supernatural interventions, a fallen creation,…
- My basis of morality is this: does this action enhance life, or does it denigrate life? Does it build up or does it tear down?
- I believe God is real, but I believe God calls me beyond myself to take responsibility for my life and to try top work to…
- I believe that is what the God experience does for us. It calls us beyond our limits into the fullness of life - into a…
- The Bible tells me that every life is holy; the Bible tells me that every life is loved; the Bible tells me that every life…
- I believe that God is very real. I believe that I live my life every day inside the reality of this God. I call this…
- The ultimate meaning of the Bible escapes human limits and calls us to a recognition that every life is holy, every life is loved, and…
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle