Quotes about jesus christ

"A heroic figure... not wholly to blame for the religion that's been foisted on him."

Pound, Ezra on jesus christ
5 fans of this quote   

"Let us pardon him his hope of a vain apocalypse, and of a second coming in great triumph upon the clouds of heaven. Perhaps these were the errors of others rather than his own; and if it be true that he himself shared the general illusion, what matters it, since his dream rendered him strong against death, and sustained him in a struggle to which he might otherwise have been unequal?"

Renan, Ernest on jesus christ   

This quotation can be viewed in the context of a book

"Never has any one been less a priest than Jesus, never a greater enemy of forms, which stifle religion under the pretext of protecting it. By this we are all his disciples and his successors; by this he has laid the eternal foundation-stone of true religion; and if religion is essential to humanity, he has by this deserved the Divine rank the world has accorded him."

Renan, Ernest on jesus christ   

"Two thousand years ago there was One here on this earth who lived the grandest life that ever has been lived yet--a life that every thinking man, with deeper or shallower meaning, has agreed to call divine."

Robertson, Frederick W. on jesus christ   

"The Galilean is not a favorite of mine. So far from owing him any thanks for his favor, I cannot avoid confessing that I owe a secret grudge to his carpentership."

Shelley, Percy Bysshe on jesus christ   

"The name of Jesus is as ointment poured forth; It nourishes, and illumines, and stills the anguish of the soul."

Silesius, Angelus on jesus christ
3 fans of this quote   

"Thou has conquered, O pale Galilean."

Swinburne, A. C. on jesus christ   

This quotation can be viewed in the context of a book

"I am pretty sure that we err in treating these sayings as paradoxes. It would be nearer the truth to say that it is life itself which is paradoxical and that the sayings of Jesus are simply a recognition of that fact."

Taylor, Thomas on jesus christ   

"Christianity takes for granted the absence of any self-help and offers a power which is nothing less than the power of God."

Tozer, A. W. on jesus christ   

"I thank God for the honesty and virility of Jesus religion which makes us face the facts and calls us to take a man's part in the real battle of life."

Dyke, Henry Van on jesus christ   

"Somewhere in the bible it say Jesus hair was like lamb's wool, I say. Well, say Shug, if he came to any of these churches we talking bout he'd have to have it conked before anybody paid him any attention. The last thing niggers want to think about they God is that his hair kinky."

Walker, Alice on jesus christ   

"Every time that I think of the crucifixion of Christ, I commit the sin of envy."

Weil, Simone on jesus christ   

"I am philosophical Christ; crucified on the cross of ignorance for the sake of divine vanity."

Joshi, Kedar on jesus christ   

"Christ did not ask or want to be what he was not. "

Stojanovic, Dejan on jesus christ   

"Burning the witch Giordano Bruno is one more wound inflicted on Christ’s body. "

Stojanovic, Dejan on jesus christ