Quotes of: American-spirit Keyword

A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.

Bernard Williams

The sedentary life...is the real sin against the holy spirit.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Soul is just that inner spirit. I use that inner spirit for whatever it is I do.

Gladys Knight

Enjoyment is an incredible energizer to the human spirit.

John C. Maxwell

It is possible for the human spirit to win after all.

Jack Kerouac

Peace is a gift that is embodied through the Holy Spirit through the acceptance of Christ.

Monica Johnson

What you need to keep most in the U.S. is the entrepreneurial spirit.

Alexei Mordashov

I believe in the power of the human spirit.

Bob Harper

When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.

Saadi

Galatians 5:22-23 describes the fruit of the Spirit, which is "love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control." Notice the verse does not say the "fruits" of the Spirit, but fruit. The fruit, or result, of t...

Deeper Into the Word: Reflections on 100 Words from the New Testament

Now if BECOMING history is the particularity of the Son in the economy, what is the contribution of the Spirit? Well, precisely the opposite: it is to liberate the Son and the economy from the bondage of history. If the Son dies on the cross, thus su...

Being as Communion: Studies in Personhood and the Church

All my life I have refused to be for or against parties, for or against nations, for or against people. I never seek novelty or the eccentric; I do not go from land to land to contrast civilizations. I seek only, wherever I go, for symbols of greatne...

The Art Spirit

The spirit of bondage works by fear for the slave fears the rod: but love cries, Abba, Father; it disposes us to go to God, and behave ourselves towards God as children; and it gives us clear evidence of our union to God as His children, and so casts...

The Religious Affections

The believer caught between the flesh and Spirit is also caught between death and life. That is what happens when God intervenes in a human life. That intervention does not necessarily bring tranquility. In fact, it is more likely to bring tension an...

Romans: A Bible Commentary for Every Day

According to my parents, I was supposed to have been a nice, churchgoing Swiss housewife. Instead I ended up an opinionated psychiatrist, author and lecturer in the American Southwest, who communicates with spirits from a world that I believe is far ...

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Too much spirit shows a lack of it.

Chinese

If we who self-designate ourselves with terms like "Catholic," "Orthodox," "Protestant," "Evangelical," "Charismatic," "Pentecostal" and others would fully surrender ourselves to The Holy Spirit, we could stop focusing on the secondary words we use t...

Beyond Beliefs

Life is an experimental journey undertaken involuntarily. It is a journey of the spirit through the material world and, since it is the spirit that travels, it is the spirit that is experienced. That is why there exist contemplative souls who have li...

The Book of Disquiet

When you're scared, invite your spirit out of hiding. Wear pointed shoes with build in sass > Let your wings take you where your heart trembles > Wave the want that remembers your magic > Bring your green umbrella without apologies.

Old Maggie's Spirit Whispers

it {romantic love} really isn't about two people who have fallen madly for each other; it's about two people seeing spirit in each other.

The Path to Love: Renewing the Power of Spirit in your Life