Dependent Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Holiness gives us new desires and brings old desires into line with one another.

— Timothy Keller

“We have the "spotless Lamb of God" bound up in a human body. This is the One who loved us so much that He…

— Don Wilton

“Why must we try to define it by the social standards we were raised to believe in? Look at what else they’ve taught us,…

— Navessa Allen

The more we grow in Love, Virtue and Holiness, the more we see Love, Virtue and Holiness outside.

— Swami Vivekananda

I think that the transformative nature of love is why we are so drawn to it.

— Michael Franti

For as long as I care to remember, religion, like the striptease, has always been a display of the power of suggestion. Like the…

— Bernard Katz

Because it corresponds to a vital need, love is overvalued in our culture. It becomes a phantom - like success - carrying with it…

— Karen Horney

Authentic love is obviously something good. When we love we become most fully human. But people often consider themselves loving when actually they are…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Authentic love is obviously something good... When we love, we become most fully ourselves, most fully human... People often think they are being loving…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The breeding we give young people is ordinarily but an additional self-love, by which we make them have a better opinion of themselves.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Holiness is irresistible. If even 10% of the world's population had it the whole world would be converted and happy before the year's end.

— C. S. Lewis

Holiness is not a luxury for the few; it is not just for some people. It is meant for you and for me and…

— Mother Teresa