Olive Wyon famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

The Christian Sunday should be a festival, gathering up all the life of the week and offering it to God in worship and then spending the day in a way which most truly promotes joy and happiness and refreshment for oneself and for other people.
-- Olive Wyon

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We must surrender ourselves so utterly that we can never own ourselves again. We must hand over self and all its rights in an eternal covenant, and give God the absolute right to own us, control us and possess us forever.
Prayer is the mighty engine that is to move the missionary work.
The Christian is not obedient unless he is doing all in his power to send the Gospel to the heathen world.
It is said about Lord Buddha sadaya-hrdaya darsita-pasu-ghatam. He saw the whole human race going to hell by this animal killing. So he appeared to teach ahimsa, nonviolence, being compassionate on the animals and human beings. In the Christian religion also, it is clearly stated, 'Thou shall not kill'. So everywhere animal killing is restricted. In no religion the unnecessary killing of animals is allowed. But nobody is caring. The killing process is increasing, and so are the reactions. Every ten years you will find a war. These are the reactions.
I very much dislike the intolerance and moralism of many Christians, and feel more sympathy with Honest Doubters than with them.
When Christians start thinking about Jesus, things start breaking down, they lose their faith. It's perfectly possible to go to church every Sunday and not ask any questions, just because you like it as a way of life. They fear that if they ask questions they'll lose their Christ, the very linchpin of their religion.
Hell is the place where one has ceased to hope.
Our jobs make relentless calls on a narrow band of our faculties, reducing our chances of achieving rounded personalities and leaving us to suspect (often in the gathering darkness of a Sunday evening) that much of who we are, or could be, has gone unexplored.
Obedience to a confessor is the most acceptable offering which we can make to God, and the most secure way of doing the divine will.
Chicago is a sort of journalistic Yellowstone Park, offering haven to a last herd of fantastic bravos.

Olive Wyon famous quotes

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