A good example is far better than a good precept.
—Dwight L. Moody (1837–99) Christian Religious Leader, Publisher
A lot of people say to me, “Why did you kill Christ?.” “I dunno… it was one of those parties, got out of hand, you know.” “We killed him because he didn’t want to become a doctor, that’s why we killed him.”
—Lenny Bruce (1925–66) American Comedian, Writer, Social Critic, Satirist
The word ”Christianity” is already a misunderstanding — in reality there has been only one Christian, and he died on the Cross.
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German Philosopher, Scholar, Writer
A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.
—Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948) Indian Hindu Political leader
Christianity is intensely practical — She has no trait more striking than her common sense.
—Sir Thomas Buxton, 1st Baronet (1786–1845) English Politician, Social Reformer
By a Carpenter mankind was made, and only by that Carpenter can mankind be remade.
—Desiderius Erasmus (c.1469–1536) Dutch Humanist, Scholar
Christianity takes for granted the absence of any self-help and offers a power which is nothing less than the power of God.
—A. W. Tozer (1897–1963) American Christian Pastor, Preacher, Author, Editor
Most of us spend the first six days of each week sowing wild oats; then we go to church on Sunday and pray for a crop failure.
—Fred Allen (1894–1956) American Humorist, Radio Personality
Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn’t argue with that; I’m right and I will be proved right. We’re more popular than Jesus now; I don’t know which will go first — rock and roll or Christianity.
—John Lennon (1940–80) British Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Activist
With a strong affirmation of our goodness and a gentle understanding of our weakness, God is loving us–you and me–this moment, just as we are and not as we should be.
—Brennan Manning (1934–2013) American Theologian, Author
The steady discipline of intimate friendship with Jesus results in men becoming like Him.
—Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878–1969) American Baptist Minister
It would be nice if someone would read this sad-eyed crowd the Sermon on the Mount, accompanied by a rousing commentary on income inequality and a need for a hike in the minimum wage. But Jesus makes his appearance here only as a corpse; the living man, the wine-guzzling vagrant and precocious socialist, is never once mentioned, nor anything he ever had to say. Christ crucified rules, and it may be that the true business of modern Christianity is to crucify him again and again so that he can never get a word out of his mouth.
—Barbara Ehrenreich (b.1941) American Social Critic, Essayist
People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practiced.
—Samuel Butler
The desire to rule is the mother of all heresies.
—John Chrysostom (c.347–407 CE) Archbishop of Constantinople
A rule I have had for years is: to treat the Lord Jesus Christ as a personal friend. His is not a creed, a mere doctrine, but it is He Himself we have.
—Dwight L. Moody (1837–99) Christian Religious Leader, Publisher
God is like a mirror. The mirror never changes, but everybody who looks at it sees something different.
—Harold Kushner (b.1935) American Jewish Religious Leader, Priest
A real Christian is a person who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip.
—Billy Graham (1918–91) American Baptist Religious Leader
Christianity is a battle not a dream.
—Wendell Phillips (1811–84) American Abolitionist, Lawyer, Orator
I have had more trouble with myself than with any other man I’ve met.
—Dwight L. Moody (1837–99) Christian Religious Leader, Publisher
God doesn’t have any grandchildren.
—E. Stanley Jones (1884–1973) American Methodist Priest, Theologian
I love to hear my Lord spoken of, and wherever I have seen the print of His shoe in the earth, there have I coveted to put mine also.
—John Bunyan (1628–88) English Puritan Writer, Preacher
Christianity provides a unified answer for the whole of life.
—Francis Schaeffer (1912–84) American Presbyterian Religious Leader, Theologian, Philosopher
No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism.
—William Ralph Inge (1860–1954) English Anglican Clergyman, Priest, Mystic
You have no idea how much nastier I would be if I was not a Catholic. Without supernatural aid I would hardly be a human being.
—Evelyn Waugh (1903–66) British Novelist, Essayist, Biographer
Scratch the Christian and you find the pagan — spoiled.
—Israel Zangwill (1864–1926) English Playwright, Novelist, Zionist Activist
The men who followed Him were unique in their generation. They turned the world upside down because their hearts had been turned right side up. The world has never been the same.
—Billy Graham (1918–91) American Baptist Religious Leader
Christianity as an idea begins with thinking of God in the same way that a true son thinks of his father; Christianity as a life, begins with feeling and acting toward God as a true son feels and acts toward his father.
—Charles Henry Parkhurst (1842–1933) American Clergyman, Civic Reformer
Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion; it is like a daily process whereby you grow to be more and more like Christ.
—Billy Graham (1918–91) American Baptist Religious Leader
Never think that Jesus commanded a trifle, nor dare to trifle with anything He has commanded.
—Dwight L. Moody (1837–99) Christian Religious Leader, Publisher
When you wonder about the mystery of yourself, look to Christ, who gives you the meaning of life. When you wonder what it means to be a mature person, look to Christ, who is the fulfillness of humanity. And when you wonder about your role in the future of the world.
—Pope John Paul II (1920–2005) Polish Catholic Religious Leader
The God I believe in is not so fragile that you hurt Him by being angry at him, or so petty that He will hold it against you for being upset with Him.
—Harold Kushner (b.1935) American Jewish Religious Leader, Priest
True Christianity is love in action.
—David O. McKay (1873–1970) American Mormon Religious Leader
Could we with ink the ocean fill,
And were the skies of parchment made,
Were every stalk on earth a quill,
And every man a scribe by trade,
To write the love of God above,
Would drain the oceans dry.
Nor could the scroll contain the whole,
Though stretched from sky to sky.
—Frederick Martin Lehman
There are many of us that are willing to do great things for the Lord, but few of us are willing to do little things.
—Dwight L. Moody (1837–99) Christian Religious Leader, Publisher
Is your Christianity ancient history–or current events?
—Sam Shoemaker (1893–1963) American Episcopal Priest