Quotes About Worldly

Christians become friends with the world when they follow its psychological theories to understand themselves and others and to change behavior. They are friends of the world when they call sinful behavior "mental illness" and sinful habits "diseases.

In the eyes of the world nothing is holy except what departs as much as possible from the usual customs of life.

A. W. Tozer advirtió: "El corazón descuidado pronto será un corazón invadido por pensamientos mundanos; la vida descuidada pronto se convertirá en un caos moral".[2] Con la disminución de la influencia piadosa y el aumento de la mundana, Julia se transformó poco a poco en aquello a lo que estaba expuesta.

Today I will speak about love. What is love? How can one get love? Why should one get it? There are two kinds of love. One is the worldly connection. The other is attained through Knowledge. In this human body exists the love we have to discover. You should love one another and behave lovingly because when love comes, everything comes. You should speak to one another with love and humility. Love is the essence.

Those that look with contempt upon worldly honours shall be recompensed with the honour that cometh from God, which is the true honour.

It is time to stop searching for worldly solutions to spiritual problems.

Le véritable renonçant est parfaitement sain d'esprit et bien informé de ce qui se passe autour de lui. Il ne fuit pas le monde parce qu'il est incapable de le gérer, mais se désintéresse des préoccupations futiles parce qu'il en voit les inconvénients.

Les conversations ordinaires sont des « échos d'échos », regrettait l'ermite Patrul Rinpoché. Il suffit d'allumer la télévision ou de se rendre à une soirée mondaine pour être englouti par un déluge de paroles qui non seulement sont inutiles mais exacerbent la convoitise, le ressentiment, la vanité...

But at least one thing was unquestionably new: the valuation of the fulfillment of duty in worldly affairs as the highest form which the moral activity of the individual could assume. This

The only way of living acceptably to God was not to surpass worldly morality in monastic asceticism, but solely through the fulfillment of the obligations imposed upon the individual by his position in the world. That was his calling. 

The effect of the Reformation as such was only that, as compared with the Catholic attitude, the moral emphasis on and the religious sanction of, organized worldly labor in a calling was mightily increased.

every melody and harmony felt part of some vast universe that belonged not just to man, but to every other creature—worldly and otherworldly.

When I'm at school in the city, I don't feel particularly worldly or wise. It's only when I come back home that I remember exactly why I left.

Truly, if someone were to renounce a kingdom or the whole world while still holding on to themselves, then they would have renounced nothing at all.

Humanism without the root of love will be a cruel world see worldly hypocrisy.

DIVIDE YOUR LIFE INTO SACRED AND SECULAR, HEAVENLY AND EARTHLY, CHRISTIAN AND HUMAN REALMS. DEVOTE THEM ALL TO CHRIST.

Our worldly successes cannot be guaranteed, but our ability to achieve spiritual success is entirely up to us, thanks to the grace of God. The best advice I know is to give is to give those worldly things your best but never your all - reserve the ultimate hope for the only one who can grant it.

True knowledge comes from the upward path which leads to the eternal Fire; error, defeat and death result from following the lower path of worldly attachment.

They say that there are many saints in Tibet who remain in solitude and are still very helpful to the world... "It can be so. Realisation of the Self is the greatest help that can be rendered to humanity. Therefore, the saints are said to be helpful, though they remain in forests. But it should not be forgotten that solitude is not in forest only. It can be had even in towns, in the thick of worldly occupations.

Anything whatsoever may become the subject of a novel, provided only that it happens in this mundane life and not in some fairyland beyond our human ken.

A realist speaks from experience and from a worldly point of view, rather than getting too involved in heavenly affairs.

We became attached to the worldly possessions, as we were not capable of penetrating through the sky and peek at what was prepared for us.

thoroughly focused on heaven that anything to do with the present creation is regarded as worldly, dangerous, a distraction from the task of saving . . . but saving what? Well, often it is saving souls. But there's nothing about souls in Romans 8. No mention of heaven, either, if it comes to that. It is all about bodies: resurrection bodies, because that's what we will need in the new creation, which will be more physical than the present world, not less.

avenues—television, magazines, movies, music, friends, malls, and catalogs, to name a few. A steady diet of these worldly influences will shape our view of what is valuable, what is beautiful, and what is important in life.