“Whatever religious people may say about their love of God or the mandates of their religion, when their behavior toward others is violent and destructive, when it causes suffering among their neighbors, you can be sure the religion has been corrupted and reform is desperately needed.” PeopleMayHas BeensReligionSufferingCausesReligiousNeededBehaviorNeighborViolentReformGod LoveDestructiveMandates Author:Charles Kimball
“God loves you. God doesn't want anyone to be hungry and oppressed. He just puts his big arms around everybody and hugs them up against himself.” WantBigsReligionReligiousLove YouArmsHungryGod LoveHugOppressedGod Loves You Author:Norman Vincent Peale
“Sacrifice is the first element of religion, and resolves itself in theological language into the love of God.” FirstsReligionLanguageSacrificeElementsGod LoveResolveTheological Book:Short Studies on Great Subjects Source: Short Studies on Great Subjects
“Life of Ages, richly poured, Love of God unspent and free, Flowing in the Prophet's word And the People's liberty! Never was to chosen race That unstinted tide confined; Thine is every time and place, Fountain sweet of heart and mind!” PeopleMindHeartAgeReligionRaceLibertySweetChosenGod LoveProphetTidesFountainHeart And MindConfined Book:Hymns of the Spirit Source: Hymns of the Spirit
“Finding God in all things is not an 'empirical eureka.' When we desire to encounter God, we would like to verify him immediately by an empirical method. But you cannot meet God this way...A contemplative attitude is necessary: it is the feeling that you are moving along the good path of understanding and affection toward things and situations. Profound peace, spiritual consolation, love of God, and love of all things in God-this is the sign that you are on this right path.” WayFeelingsWisdomSpiritualMovingDesireReligionUnderstandingAttitudeSituationPathHuman NatureFindingsAll ThingsAnd LoveMethodProfoundAffectionGod LoveEncountersConsolationRight PathContemplativeVerifyGod And LoveFinding God Author:Pope Francis
“He who is involved in ecstasies and visions, who takes dreams for reality, and his own imagination for prophesy, is a fanatical novice of great hope and promise, and will soon advance to the higher stage and kill men for the love of God.” MenDreamRealityReligionImaginationVisionAtheismStageHigherInvolvedPromiseGod LoveEcstasyKill MeGreat HopeNovices Author:Voltaire
“Faith is not limited to affirming the existence of God. No, faith tells us that God loves us and demands a loving response. This response is given through love for human beings, and that is what we mean by a commitment to God and to our neighbor.” LoveHumansMeanGodChristianReligionFaithGivenHuman BeingsExistenceDemandLimitsCommitmentResponseNeighborGod LoveAffirmationTheologianCommitment To GodAffirmingExistence Of GodGod Loves Us Author:Gustavo Gutiérrez