"In the cross of Christ I glory,"

--

Source : Sir John Bowring, lady Deborah Castle Bowring (1873). “A Memorial Volume of Sacred Poetry”, p.200

John Bowring

#Christ Quotes #Glory Quotes #Crosses Quotes

“Whether the proposed constitution is approved or rejected . . . it is a process and a text largely crafted and imposed by U.S. occupation authorities and their Iraqi dependents, and thus lacking in legal or political legitimacy.”
“It is absurd to think that the general public can ever make money out of market forecasts.”
“Quality performance starts with a positive attitude.”
“The child has a mind able to absorb knowledge. He has the power to teach himself.”
“One of the marks of a certain type of bad man is that he cannot give up a thing himself without wanting every one else to give it up. That is not the Christian way. An individual Christian may see fit to give up all sorts of things for special reasons--marriage, or meat, or beer, or the cinema; but the moment he starts saying the things are bad in themselves, or looking down his nose at other people who do use them, he has taken the wrong turning.”
“It is necessary to constantly remind ourselves that we are not an abomination.”
“I've seen optimism because I grew up in communities of recovery where people put their lives back together and find tomorrows that they didn't think would be there. That fundamentally changed my life and is so much of where my hope comes from.”

Source : Source: www.progressive.org
“I kept running around it in large or small circles, always looking for someone or something able to convince me of my Belovedness. Self-rejection is the greatest enemy of the spiritual life because it contradicts the sacred voice that calls us the "Beloved". Being the Beloved expresses the core truth of our existence.”

Source : Henri Nouwen (2013). “Discernment: Reading the signs of daily life”, p.54, SPCK

You may also like:

Adelbert von Chamisso
Poet
George Bowen
Author
Jeremy Bentham
Philosopher
Mongkut
King
Robert Quillen
Journalist