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Quotes by Theologian
"Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God."
105
"A man has free choice to the extent that he is rational."
100
"Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory."
98
"Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and she will not allow herself to be separated and banned from her two sisters without taking them along with herself in an act of mysterious vengeance."
90
"Law is nothing other than a certain ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by the person who has the care of the community."
89
"In the Muslim world, there are many people who have been vocal and we have been very vocal against extremists. But how to win this battle is an ongoing battle. And we must continue to wage the battle for peace."
88
"It is, finally, a word is untimely in three different senses, and bearing it as one's treasure will not win one anyone's favours; one rather risks finding oneself outside everyone's camp... Beauty is the word that shall be our first."
85
"The essence of religion consists in the feeling of an absolute dependence."
84
"There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship."
82
"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful."
78
"We are not going to toy with our religion or any other. Nor are we going to barter. We are here to extend our hands to build peace and harmony."
70
"Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them."
68
"We've got to be fair. You can't say a place that has strip joints is sacred ground. We've got to be just. We've got to speak the truth. We've got to have justice for everybody. We're a country of justice for all, not justice for non-Muslims only or some groups and not for others."
66
"The courage to be is rooted in the God who appears when God has disappeared in the anxiety of doubt."
66
"No one can be saved - in virtue of what he can do. Everyone can be saved - in virtue of what God can do."
65
"He that never changes his opinion never corrects mistakes and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today."
64
"The seminaries must be like the churches' poor relations, prolonging their existence with austerity."
63
"A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent."
62
"In the total expanse of human life there is not a single square inch of which the Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not declare, 'That is mine!'."
60
"The Passion narratives are the first pieces of the Gospels that were composed as a unity."
59
"Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone."
59
"The purpose of all war is peace."
58
"For I do not seek to understand in order to believe, but I believe in order to understand. For I believe this: unless I believe, I will not understand."
58
"Evil is not to be traced back to the individual but to the collective behavior of humanity."
58
"You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well."
58
"Prior to an individual's encounter with the love of God at a particular time in history, however, there has to be another, more fundamental and archetypal encounter, which belongs to the conditions of possibility of the appearance of divine love to man."
57
"He, who cannot forgive a trespass of malice to his enemy, has never yet tasted the most sublime enjoyment of love."
56
"No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief."
55
"The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children."
55
"There is no work, however vile or sordid, that does not glisten before God."
55
"Human salvation demands the divine disclosure of truths surpassing reason."
53
"A god who let us prove his existence would be an idol."
52
"The African is my brother but he is my younger brother by several centuries."
51
"Thus it is necessary to commence from an inescapable duality: the finite is not the infinite."
51
"Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures."
50
"Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine."
48
"Only he who believes is obedient, and only he who is obedient believes."
48
"Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth."
47
"This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people'"
47
"We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too."
46
"It is the grace of God, that shows and condemns the sin that humbles us."
46
"Character is supreme in life, hence Jesus stood supreme in the supreme thing - so supreme that, when we think of the ideal, we do not add virtue to virtue, but think of Jesus Christ, so that the standard of human life is no longer a code but a character."
46
"Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight."
46
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