T Quotes
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“True character is revealed not by the actions taken for personal gain, but by those made when there is nothing to be gained.”
“True character is revealedby the way people react to the bigger challenges in life.”
“True character stands the test of emergencies. Do not be mistaken, it is weakness from which the awakening is rude.”
“True charity consists in doing good to those who do us evil, and in thus winning them over.”
“True charity consists in putting up with all one's neighbors fault's; never being surprised by his weakness, and being inspired by the least of his virtues.”
“True charity is liable to excesses and transports.”
“True charity is spontaneous and finds its own occasion; it is never the offspring of importunity, nor of emulation.”
“True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense.”
“True charity occurs only when there are no notions of giving, giver, or gift.”
“True charity ought to begin in marriage, for it is a relationship that must be rebuilt every day.”
“True charity requires courage: Let us overcome the fear of getting our hands dirty so as to help those in need.”
Source: The Spirit of St Francis: Inspiring Words on Faith, Love and Creation
“True children of God experience pleasure in giving.”
“True Christian fortitude consists in strength of mind, through grace, exerted in two things; in ruling and suppressing the evil and unruly passions and affections of the mind; and in steadfastly and freely exerting and following good affections and dispositions, without being hindered by sinful fear or the opposition of enemies... Though Christian fortitude appears in withstanding and counteracting the enemies that are without us; yet it much more appears in resisting and suppressing the enemies that are within us; because they are our worst and strongest enemies and have greatest advantage against us. The strength of the good soldier of Jesus Christ appears in nothing more than in steadfastly maintaining the holy calm, meekness, sweetness, and benevolence of his mind, amidst all the storms, injuries, strange behaviour, and surprising acts and events of this evil and unreasonable world.”
Source: The Religious Affections
“True Christian is not an angel; he is not a halfangelic being, in whom is no weakness, or blemish, or infirmity: he is nothing of the kind. He is nothing more than a sinner who has found out his sinfulness, and has learned the blessed secret of living by faith in Christ.”
“True Christian love is not derived from things without, but floweth from the heart, as from a spring.”
Source: Life of Martin Luther
“True Christianity is a life of sacrifice. It requires that in everything we live for the Lord and others, not ourselves.”
“True Christianity is love in action.”
“True Christianity is love in action. There is no better way to manifest love for God than to show an unselfish love for your fellow men. This is the spirit of missionary work”
“True Christianity is not merely believing a certain set of dry abstract propositions: it is to live in daily personal communication with an actual living person - Jesus Christ.”
Source: PRACTICAL RELIGION
“True Christianity is to manifest genuinely Christ-like behavior by dependence on the working of the Spirit of God within.”
“True Christianity today is not different from primitive Christianity ... She remains what she has been since her foundation: always the same.”
“True Christianity, which will last forever, comes from the gospel words of Christ not from the epistles of Paul. The writings of Paul have been a danger and a hidden rock, the causes of the principal defects of Christian theology.”
“True Christians are assured that no temptation (or trial) shall happen to them but what they shall be enabled to bear; and that the grace of Christ shall be sufficient for them.”
“True Christians are not bigoted and this is actually not a matter of equality, no matter how often it is referred to as equal marriage. Civil partnerships are equal to marriage - they might not have the same name but they are equal.”
“true Christians consider themselves not as satisfying some rigorous creditor, but as discharging a debt of gratitude”
Source: A Practical View of Christianity
“True Christians do not seek wealth. They seek God.”
“True citizens are not the audience of their government, nor its consumers; they are its makers.”
Source: Common as Air: Revolution, Art, and Ownership
“True citizens of the heavenly city are the best residents of the earthly city.”
“True Civilization does not lie in gas, nor in steam, nor in turn-tables. It lies in the reduction of the traces of original sin.”
“True civilized love liberates your mind, instead of binding it with the torturous chains of possessiveness.”
Source: Aşkanjali: The Sufi Sermon
“True cleverness is the art of thinking deeply, acting wisely, and making it all look effortless.”
“True closeness respects each other's space.
You can never get any measuring instrument to compare and set on a pedestal how one truly cares for you in any kind of relationship.
There is a big difference between closeness and dependency,
compassionate, honest, generous, humble heart than
prejudiced, jealous, insecure heart.
Each one should respect the growth of a relationship as we all evolve in a world interconnected with many hearts, minds and souls.”
“True collaborative, nurturing, and safe power is a combining of forces that can only happen on a pretty small scale.”
“True comfort cannot be bought with fame and luxury, it must be earned through personal growth and self-acceptance”
“True comfort is the emotion you feel when your actions are perfectly aligned with what your soul wants. It’s the natural feeling of lying in flowing water and letting the waves carry you.”
Source: The Having: The Secret Art of Feeling and Growing Rich
“True communication depends upon our being straightforward with one another... But the best way to communicate may be just to sit without saying anything.”
Source: Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
“True communication is communion-the realization of oneness, which is love.”
Source: The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
“True community is based on upon equality, mutuality, and reciprocity. It affirms the richness of individual diversity as well as the common human ties that bind us together.”
Source: Pauli Murray: Selected Sermons and Writings
“True compassion and mercy are what make us human.”
Source: Melisa & Arel ; You in the Mirror
“True compassion arises out of the plane of consciousness where I AM you.”
Source: Polishing the Mirror: How to Live from Your Spiritual Heart
“True compassion comes from free will by drawing empathy from within.”
“True compassion does not sit on the laps of renovation; it dives with an approach to reconstruction. Don't throw a coin at a begger. Rather, destroy his source of poverty.”
“True compassion is about not bruising the other person’s self-respect.”
“True compassion is helping one who is struggling realize that lasting change starts from the inside.”
“True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it understands that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.
A true revolution of values will soon look uneasily on the glaring contrast of poverty and wealth.”
Source: Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?
“True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar. It comes to see that a system that produces beggars needs to be repaved. We are called to be the Good Samaritan, but after you lift so many people out of the ditch you start to ask, maybe the whole road to Jericho needs to be repaved.”
“True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.”
“True compassion is more than throwing a coin to a beggar. It demands of our humanity that if we live in a society that produces beggars, we are morally commanded to restructure that society.”
“True compassion is not about giving or taking. True compassion is doing just what is needed.”
“True compassion is not just an emotional response but a firm commitment founded on reason.”
Source: The Compassionate Life