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• The Bible is proved to be a revelation from God, by the reasonableness and holiness of its precepts; all its commands, exhortations, and promises having the most direct tendency to make men wise, holy, and happy in themselves, and useful to one another.

  Adam Clarke

  Wise, Men, Promise

  Adam Clarke (1820). “Clavis Biblica; or, a Compendium of Scriptural Knowledge; containing a general view of the contents of the Old and New Testaments ... originally drawn up for the instruction of Two Teerunanxies, or High Priests of Budhoo, from the Island of Ceylon”, p.48

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• The foundation of our love for the Lord lies in the recognition of His holiness, our sinfulness, and His grace.

  Sinclair B. Ferguson

  Lying, Grace, Foundation

  Sinclair B. Ferguson (1985). “A Heart for God”, NavPress Publishing Group

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• This perfection is the restoration of man to the state of holiness from which he fell, by creating him anew in Christ Jesus, and restoring to him that image and likeness of God which he has lost.

  Adam Clarke

  Jesus, Men, Creating

  Adam Clarke (1831). “Discourses on various subjects relative to the being and attributes of God, and his works in creation, providence, and grace”, p.301

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• Holiness doesn't mean doing extraordinary things, but doing ordinary things with love and faith.

  Pope Francis

  Love, Faith, Christian

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• The Spirit is Love expressed towards man as redeeming love, and the Spirit is truth, and the Spirit is the Holy Spirit. Redemption is inconceivable without truth and holiness.

  Roland Allen

  Men, Redemption, Spirit

  Roland Allen (2012). “The Ministry of the Spirit: Selected Writings of Roland Allen”, p.27, The Lutterworth Press

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• How little people know who think that holiness is dull... When one meets the real thing, it's irresistible!

  C. S. Lewis

  Inspirational, Life, Real

  C. S. Lewis (2014). “Letters to an American Lady”, p.11, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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• Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  "Weekly Meditations for Healthy Sex (Jan. 25-31)" by Alexandra Katehakis, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 25, 2013.

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• Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• This, and this alone, is Christianity, a universal holiness in every part of life, a heavenly wisdom in all our actions, not conforming to the spirit and temper of the world but turning all worldly enjoyments into means of piety and devotion to God.

  William Law

  Christian, Religious, Mean

  William Law, P. G. Stanwood (1978). “A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life ; The Spirit of Love”, p.145, Paulist Press

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• A god who is all love, all grace, all mercy, no sovereignty, no justice, no holiness, and no wrath is an idol.

  R. C. Sproul

  Wrath, Idols, Justice

  Twitter post from Nov 17, 2015

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• We must have a real living determination to reach holiness. ''I will be a saint'' means I will despoil myself of all that is not God; I will strip my heart of all created things; I will live in poverty and detachment; I will renounce my will, my inclinations, my whims and fancies, and make make myself a willing slave to the will of God.

  Mother Teresa

  God, Mother, Determination

  Mother Teresa (2001). “Mother Teresa: Essential Writings”

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  If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

  Dalai Lama, Victor Chan (2012). “The Wisdom of Compassion: Stories of Remarkable Encounters and Timeless Insights”, p.11, Random House

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• I'm a holy man minus the holiness.

  E. M. Forster

  Men, Literature, Holy

  E. M. Forster (2010). “A Passage to India”, p.121, RosettaBooks

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• My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Success, God

  "Tibet, a Guide to the Land of Fascination". Book by Trilok Chandra Majupuria and Indra Majupuria, 1988.

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• Our holiness is an effect, not a cause; so long as our eyes are on our own personal whiteness as an end in itself, the thing breaks down.

  Charles Simeon

  Eye, Long, Causes

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• All of us can attain to Christian virtue and holiness, no matter in what condition of life we live and no matter what our life work may be.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Christian, Saint, May

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• The pursuit of holiness is always on the path of obedience to the Word, never apart from it.

  Steven J Lawson

  Path, Obedience, Pursuit

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• The state of grace is nothing other than purity, and it gives heaven to those who clothe themselves in it. Holiness, therefore, is simply the state of grace purified, illuminated, beautified by the most perfect purity, exempt not only from mortal sin but also from the smallest faults; purity will make saints of you! Everything lies in this!

  Peter Julian Eymard

  Lying, Giving, Perfect

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• I wish your increase in holiness, number, love, religion, and righteousness; and wait you, and cease to contend with these men that are gone from us, for there is nothing that shall convince them but judgment.

  Donald Cargill

  Men, Numbers, Waiting

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• I long to be filled with divine knowledge, divine wisdom, divine love, divine holiness, to the utmost extent of my capacity. I want to feel that all the currents of my soul are interfused in one channel deep and wide, and all flowing towards the heart of Christ.

  Griffith John

  Heart, Divine Wisdom, Long

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• Whatever call a man may pretend to have, if he has not been called to holiness, he certainly has not been called to the ministry.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Christian, Men, Ministry

  Spurgeon, Charles (2015). “Charles Spurgeon: Lectures to My Students, Volume 1”, p.9, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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  I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections, and the truth of imagination.

  John Keats

  Inspirational, Truth, Lying

  Letter to Benjamin Bailey, 22 Nov. 1817

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• Study universal holiness of life. Your whole usefulness depends on this, for your sermons last but an hour or two, your life preaches all the week. If Satan can only make a covetous minister a lover of praise, of pleasure, of good eating, he has ruined your ministry. Give yourselves to prayer, and get your texts, your thoughts, your words from God.

  Robert Murray M'Cheyne

  Prayer, Two, Giving

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• Satisfaction with results will be the [death] knell of progress. No man is good who thinks that he cannot be better. He has no holiness who thinks that he is holy enough.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Men, Thinking, Progress

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• What God requires of us he himself works in us, or it is not done. He that commands faith, holiness, and love, creates them by the power of his grace going along with his word, that he may have all the praise.

  Matthew Henry

  Grace, And Love, Done

  Matthew Henry (1808). “An exposition of all the books of the Old and New Testaments: ...: Wherein each chapter is summed up in its contents: the sacred text inserted at large in distinct paragraphs ... largely illustrated with practical remarks and observations”, p.17

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