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His holiness has always lived in sanctity, (following the life of) a Buddhist monk, including celibacy. His years of spiritual practice have gone beyond sensorial pleasures, his holiness is now being labeled all kinds of names. – Penpa Tsering	Found on CNN 1 year ago
In order to enter the club of those countries, it is necessary to hold a gay pride parade. Not to make a political statement,' we are with you,' not to sign any agreements, but to hold a gay parade, if we see violations of [ God's ] law, we will never put up with those who destroy this law, blurring the line between holiness and sin, and even more so with those who promote sin as an example or as one of the models of human behavior. – Patriarch Kirill	Found on CNN 2 years ago
If we see violations of [ God's ] law, we will never put up with those who destroy this law, blurring the line between holiness and sin, and even more so with those who promote sin as an example or as one of the models of human behavior. – Patriarch Kirill	Found on CNN 2 years ago
We must never settle for harmony at the expense of holiness, nor for peace at the expense of principal. – John Bradford	added by karlcaswell9166 2 years ago
This is a moral catastrophe, it is also part of this catastrophe that so many faithful priests who are pursuing holiness and serving with integrity are tainted by this failure. We firmly resolve, with the help of God's grace, never to repeat it. – Daniel DiNardo	Found on CNN 5 years ago
To my dear brother his Holiness Pope Tawadros II, to the Coptic Church and to all of the dear country Egypt, I express my deep condolences, I prayed for the dead and the wounded. I am close to the families and to the entire community. God convert the hearts of the people who spread terror. – Pope Francis	Found on CNN 7 years ago
Sanctification is conformity to the image and the example of Christ. The more the believer is growing like Jesus, the more he is growing in holiness. – Octavius Winslow (1808-1878)	added by meteorstorm 7 years ago
Your Holiness, like you, as a nation we want to combat the vices of corruption which sacrifice people and the environment in the pursuit of illegal profit, holy Father, I ask for your prayer as we fight this war. – Uhuru Kenyatta	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Many believe it has touched holiness, so it becomes a little subjective as to what makes it holy. – Edward Beck	Found on CNN 8 years ago
They are in many ways like conservative evangelicals, no same-sex marriage and no abortion, it's a 19th-century religion that comes out of a space where health and holiness was important. But they have this leader who is a woman, Ellen G. White, and they veer off of traditional mainline Christianity. – Anthea Butler	Found on CNN 8 years ago
His Holiness spoke about America in fair and glowing terms, and challenged us to accept our roles and responsibility not only in the United States but around the world with American exceptionalism. – Texas Republican Rep. Pete Sessions	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Christian freedom is found in relationship to Christ himself, not in autonomy or individual independence. Identifying the sources of enslavement today is part of the discernment of spirits which marks our quest for holiness. – Francis Cardinal George, OMI	added by anonymous 8 years ago
The Church understands herself in terms of holiness; the world understands the Church in terms of power. – Francis Cardinal George, OMI	added by wildfire 8 years ago
I welcome His Holiness Pope Francis's encyclical, and deeply admire the Pope's decision to make the case - clearly, powerfully, and with the full moral authority of his position - for action on global climate change, and as we prepare for global climate negotiations in Paris this December, it is my hope that all world leaders--and all God's children--will reflect on Pope Francis's call to come together to care for our common home. – President Barack Obama	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
When we knew when his Holiness was going to be visiting Cuba, we called upon the Papal Nuncio (the Vatican’s official diplomatic representation in Washington). We asked if the good offices of the Pope would raise the issue. We put it in the hands of the Vatican, we kept it on the Vatican’s radar. They talk to higher powers than we do. I don’t know if it’s radar. Maybe Angels. Cherubim. Seraphim. They go for it. – Barbara Mikulski	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
I want to thank His Holiness, Pope Francis, whose moral example shows us the importance of pursuing the world as it should be, rather than simply settling for the world as it is. – Barack Obama	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man. – Oswald Chambers	added by anonymous 10 years ago
In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action. – Dag Hammarskjöld	added by anonymous 10 years ago
You can impress people from a distance but you can impact them only up close.""The more sensitive you become toward sin, the more aware you'll be for the need of godliness and holiness.""The measure of you as a leader is not what you do, but what others do because of what you do.""You teach what you know but you reproduce what you are.""People tell me they want to make the Bible relevant. The Bible's already relevant. You're the one that's irrelevant! – Howard Hendricks	added by anonymous 11 years ago
Holiness is doing God's will with a smile. – Mother Teresa	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Everything that God created is potentially holy, and our task as humans is to find that holiness in seemingly unholy situations. When we can do this, we will have learned to nurture our souls. – Rabbi Harold Kushner	added by anonymous 13 years ago
The foundation of true holiness and true Christian worship is the doctrine of the gospel, what we are to believe. So when Christian doctrine is neglected, forsaken, or corrupted, true holiness and worship will also be neglected, forsaken, and corrupted. – John Owen	added by anonymous 14 years ago
I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affection and the truth of imagination. – John Keats	added by anonymous 14 years ago
It will be an ill day when our brethren take to bragging and boasting and call it 'testimony to the victorious Christian life.' We trust that holiness will be more than ever the aim of believers, but not the boastful holiness which has deluded some of the excellent of the earth into vain glory, and under which their firmest friends shudder for them. – Charles Haddon Spurgeon	added by anonymous 14 years ago

His holiness has always lived in sanctity, (following the life of) a Buddhist monk, including celibacy. His years of spiritual practice have gone beyond sensorial pleasures, his holiness is now being labeled all kinds of names.

– Penpa Tsering

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In order to enter the club of those countries, it is necessary to hold a gay pride parade. Not to make a political statement,' we are with you,' not to sign any agreements, but to hold a gay parade, if we see violations of [ God's ] law, we will never put up with those who destroy this law, blurring the line between holiness and sin, and even more so with those who promote sin as an example or as one of the models of human behavior.

– Patriarch Kirill

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If we see violations of [ God's ] law, we will never put up with those who destroy this law, blurring the line between holiness and sin, and even more so with those who promote sin as an example or as one of the models of human behavior.

– Patriarch Kirill

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We must never settle for harmony at the expense of holiness, nor for peace at the expense of principal.

– John Bradford

added by karlcaswell9166
2 years ago

This is a moral catastrophe, it is also part of this catastrophe that so many faithful priests who are pursuing holiness and serving with integrity are tainted by this failure. We firmly resolve, with the help of God's grace, never to repeat it.

– Daniel DiNardo

Found on CNN
5 years ago

To my dear brother his Holiness Pope Tawadros II, to the Coptic Church and to all of the dear country Egypt, I express my deep condolences, I prayed for the dead and the wounded. I am close to the families and to the entire community. God convert the hearts of the people who spread terror.

– Pope Francis

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Sanctification is conformity to the image and the example of Christ. The more the believer is growing like Jesus, the more he is growing in holiness.

– Octavius Winslow (1808-1878)

added by meteorstorm
7 years ago

Your Holiness, like you, as a nation we want to combat the vices of corruption which sacrifice people and the environment in the pursuit of illegal profit, holy Father, I ask for your prayer as we fight this war.

– Uhuru Kenyatta

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Many believe it has touched holiness, so it becomes a little subjective as to what makes it holy.

– Edward Beck

Found on CNN
8 years ago

They are in many ways like conservative evangelicals, no same-sex marriage and no abortion, it's a 19th-century religion that comes out of a space where health and holiness was important. But they have this leader who is a woman, Ellen G. White, and they veer off of traditional mainline Christianity.

– Anthea Butler

Found on CNN
8 years ago

His Holiness spoke about America in fair and glowing terms, and challenged us to accept our roles and responsibility not only in the United States but around the world with American exceptionalism.

– Texas Republican Rep. Pete Sessions

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Christian freedom is found in relationship to Christ himself, not in autonomy or individual independence. Identifying the sources of enslavement today is part of the discernment of spirits which marks our quest for holiness.

– Francis Cardinal George, OMI

added by anonymous
8 years ago

The Church understands herself in terms of holiness; the world understands the Church in terms of power.

– Francis Cardinal George, OMI

added by wildfire
8 years ago

I welcome His Holiness Pope Francis's encyclical, and deeply admire the Pope's decision to make the case - clearly, powerfully, and with the full moral authority of his position - for action on global climate change, and as we prepare for global climate negotiations in Paris this December, it is my hope that all world leaders--and all God's children--will reflect on Pope Francis's call to come together to care for our common home.

– President Barack Obama

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

When we knew when his Holiness was going to be visiting Cuba, we called upon the Papal Nuncio (the Vatican’s official diplomatic representation in Washington). We asked if the good offices of the Pope would raise the issue. We put it in the hands of the Vatican, we kept it on the Vatican’s radar. They talk to higher powers than we do. I don’t know if it’s radar. Maybe Angels. Cherubim. Seraphim. They go for it.

– Barbara Mikulski

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

I want to thank His Holiness, Pope Francis, whose moral example shows us the importance of pursuing the world as it should be, rather than simply settling for the world as it is.

– Barack Obama

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man.

– Oswald Chambers

added by anonymous
10 years ago

In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action.

– Dag Hammarskjöld

added by anonymous
10 years ago

You can impress people from a distance but you can impact them only up close.""The more sensitive you become toward sin, the more aware you'll be for the need of godliness and holiness.""The measure of you as a leader is not what you do, but what others do because of what you do.""You teach what you know but you reproduce what you are.""People tell me they want to make the Bible relevant. The Bible's already relevant. You're the one that's irrelevant!

– Howard Hendricks

added by anonymous
11 years ago

Holiness is doing God's will with a smile.

– Mother Teresa

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Everything that God created is potentially holy, and our task as humans is to find that holiness in seemingly unholy situations. When we can do this, we will have learned to nurture our souls.

– Rabbi Harold Kushner

added by anonymous
13 years ago

The foundation of true holiness and true Christian worship is the doctrine of the gospel, what we are to believe. So when Christian doctrine is neglected, forsaken, or corrupted, true holiness and worship will also be neglected, forsaken, and corrupted.

– John Owen

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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

– John Keats

added by anonymous
14 years ago

It will be an ill day when our brethren take to bragging and boasting and call it 'testimony to the victorious Christian life.' We trust that holiness will be more than ever the aim of believers, but not the boastful holiness which has deluded some of the excellent of the earth into vain glory, and under which their firmest friends shudder for them.

– Charles Haddon Spurgeon

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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