Admitting Quote by Leo Tolstoy

To love Christ -means not to be a hireling, not to look upon a noble life as an enterprise or trade, but to be…

— Saint John Chrysostom

“You can take course after course of so-called theology and never hear the message at the heart of Christianity—the message of Jesus, which is…

— Eileen Egan

“In affirming my belief in Christ's teaching, I could not help explaining why I do not believe, and consider as mistaken, the Church's doctrine,…

— Leo Tolstoy

Love to Christ is proved by doing the things which He commands, and not merely saying, Lord, Lord.

— Charles Henry Mackintosh

We sometimes get so caught up in one or another aspect of the teaching, we forget that if a person hasn't been introduced to…

— Donald Wuerl

Christ and his teachings are the embodiment of submission, of inertia, of the denial of life; hence responsible for the things done in their…

— Emma Goldman

“True love is sufficient to itself; it needs no special title, no authority … [I]t is … the original source of love, out of…

— Ludwig Feuerbach

“The nature of Christ is love”

— Sunday Adelaja

Love always involves responsibility, and love always involves sacrifice. And we do not really love Christ unless we are prepared to face His task…

— William Barclay

Jesus taught that the mark of the Christian is the observable love shown among all true believers.

— Francis Schaeffer

“The nature of Christian love is to do the will of God. Obeying the Father was a delight for Jesus because he loved his…

— Alexander Strauch

Jesus lived and died in vain if He did not teach us to regulate the whole of life by the eternal law of love.…

— Thomas Merton