Witness Quotes - Page 18

• The truth comes to rule, not through violence, but rather through its own power; [this is the central theme of John's Gospel:] When brought before Pilate, Jesus professes that He Himself is The Truth and the witness to the truth. He does not defend the truth with legions but rather makes it visible through His Passion and thereby also implements it.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Jesus, Passion, Doe

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• Empathy is the faculty to resonate with the feelings of others. When we meet someone who is joyful, we smile. When we witness someone in pain, we suffer in resonance with his or her suffering.

  Matthieu Ricard

  Pain, Empathy, Feelings

  "Is Compassion Meditation the Key to Better Caregiving?" by Matthieu Ricard, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 5, 2010.

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• I have been a witness, and these pictures are my testimony. The events I have recorded should not be forgotten and must not be repeated.

  James Nachtwey

  Photography, Events, Torn Apart

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• It looks like it’s wasting time, but literature is actually the ultimate time-saver - because it gives us access to a range of emotions and events that it would take you years, decades, millennia to try to experience directly. Literature is the greatest reality simulator - a machine that puts you through infinitely more situations than you can ever directly witness.

  Alain de Botton

  Reality, Years, Giving

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• For the dead and the living, we must bear witness. Not only are we responsible for the memories of the dead, we are responsible for what we do with those memories

  Elie Wiesel

  Memories, Bears, Responsible

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• The Spirit goes ahead of us when we witness---
  preparing the way, giving us the words, and granting us courage.

  Billy Graham

  Giving, Way, Spirit

  Billy Graham (2007). “The Journey: Living by Faith in an Uncertain World”, p.142, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Through tears and trials, through fears and sorrows, through the heartache and loneliness of losing loved ones, there is assurance that life is everlasting. Our Lord and Savior is the living witness that such is so.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Loneliness, Heart, Losing A Loved One

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• If we truly worship God, acknowledging and adoring his infinite worth, we find ourselves impelled to make him known to others, in order that they may worship him too. Thus worship leads to witness, and witness in its turn to worship, in a perpetual circle.

  John Stott

  Order, Circles, May

  John Stott (1992). “The contemporary Christian: an urgent plea for double listening”

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• Young people in particular, I appeal to you: bear witness to your faith through the digital world.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  People, World, Digital

  "Pope calls for Internet evangelists". www.catholicnewsagency.com. May 20, 2009.

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• A martyr is the one who bears witness that the Shari'ah of Allah is more valuable to him than his own life.

  Sayyid Qutb

  Bears, Martyr, Valuable

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• Fear the sins that you commit in secret, because the Witness of those sins is the Judge Himself!

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Judging, Secret, Sin

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• It is imperative that the entire Christian community in the United States come to realize the grave threats to the Church's public moral witness presented by a militant atheism which finds increasing expression in the political and cultural spheres. The seriousness of these threats needs to be clearly appreciated at every level of ecclesial life.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Christian, Expression, Political

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• I bare witness that our living hope is in Jesus Christ.. I testify that with Christ, darkness cannot succeed.

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Jesus, Darkness, Succeed

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• How many caskets can we witness before we see it's hard to live this life without God, so we must ask forgiveness.

  Tupac Shakur

  Asking For Forgiveness, Caskets, This Life

  Song: Unconditional Love

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• ... the Apostle Peter declared that the Church was built by the Holy Spirit. For you read that he said: 'God, Who knows the hearts of men, bore witness, giving them the Holy Spirit, even as was given to us; and He made no distinction between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith' (Acts 15:8-9). In which is to be considered, that as Christ is the Cornerstone, Who joined together both peoples into one, so, too, the Holy Spirit made no distinction between the hearts of each people, but united them.

  Ambrose

  Christian, Heart, Men

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• ... these three witnesses are one, as John said: 'The water, the blood, and the Spirit' (I Jn. 5:8). One in the mystery, not in nature. The water, then, is a witness of burial, the blood is a witness of death, the Spirit is a witness of life. If, then, there be any grace in the water, it is not from the nature of water, but from the presence of the Holy Spirit.

  Ambrose

  Christian, Blood, Water

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• Can we who have had the joy of knowing that we are not orphans, that we have a Father, be indifferent to this city which asks of us, perhaps even unwittingly, without being aware of it, a hope that will help it look to the future with greater confidence and serenity? We cannot remain indifferent. . . . Words without witness are hot air. Words do not suffice. It must be the true witness that Paul speaks of.

  Pope Francis

  Father, Air, Cities

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• There was a time when only specialized Christian missionaries needed to be able to defend the gospel of Jesus Christ against the attacks of Islam. Today every Christian has an opportunity and obligation to present the gospel effectively and in Christian love to the Muslims who have permeated our Western society. When your neighbor, your mechanic, your favorite basketball player, your employer or employee, or even your children's friends could very well be Muslims, the need for proper understanding and an effective Christian witness is abundantly clear.

  Josh McDowell

  Basketball, Christian, Jesus

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• All I did was to look at what the universe showed me, to let my brush bear witness to it.

  Claude Monet

  Looks, Bears, Brushes

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• As athletes, we think we're heroes, but when you witness firsthand what I saw yesterday, you realize who the real heroes are.

  Tom Brady

  Real, Hero, Athlete

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• Transitions are a part of life, allowing for perpetual renewal. When you experience the end of one chapter, allow yourself to feel the emotions of loss and rebirth. A bud gives way to a new flower, which surrenders to the fruit, which gives rise to a seed, which yields a new sprout. Even as you ride the roller coaster, embrace the centered internal reference of the ever-present witness.

  David Simon

  Flower, Loss, Yield

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• The ultimate touchstone of friendship is not improvement, neither of the other nor of the self: the ultimate touchstone is witness, the privilege of having been seen by someone and the equal privilege of being granted the sight of the essence of another, to have walked with them and to have believed in them, and sometimes just to have accompanied them for however brief a span, on a journey impossible to accomplish alone.

  David Whyte

  Journey, Sight, Self

  FaceBook post by David Whyte from Apr 29, 2013

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• It's one thing to go through a crisis grandly, yet quite another to go through every day glorifying God when there is no witness, no limelight, and no one paying even the remotest attention to us.

  Oswald Chambers

  Attention, Glorifying God, Limelight

  Oswald Chambers (2013). “Utmost: Classic Readings and Prayers from Oswald Chambers”, p.82, Discovery House

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• My sketchbook is a witness of what I am experiencing, scribbling things whenever they happen.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Sketchbooks, Happens

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• Yes, this life is passing swiftly; our days
  seem to fade quickly; and
  death appears frightening at times.
  Nevertheless, our spirit will continue
  to live and will one day be united with
  our resurrected body to receive immortal glory. I bear solemn witness
  that because of the merciful Christ,
  we will all live again and forever.

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Forever, One Day, Body

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