Poor In Spirit Quotes

• The man who is poor in spirit desires and says with his whole heart, Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth. It is as though he himself disappears; everywhere and in everything he wishes to see God-in himself and in others. 'Let everything by Thine, not mine.'

  Juan de Kronstadt

  Heart, Men, Names

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• Catch {a man} at the moment when he is really poor in spirit and smuggle into his mind the gratifying reflection, "By jove, I'm being humble," and almost immediately pride - pride at his own humility - will appear.

  C. S. Lewis

  Humilde, Humildad, Orgullo

  C.S. Lewis (1996). “Joyful Christian”, p.153, Simon and Schuster

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• Blessed are the poor in spirit." Blessed are they who are stripped of every thing, even of their own wills, that they may no longer belong to themselves.

  François Fenelon

  Blessed, Simplicity, May

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• Being 'poor in spirit' (a Christian virtue) means being detached from things - being able to possess goods without being possessed by them. It meansputting people ahead of possessions - and seeing material things only as instruments for serving God and the needs of others.

  James Stenson

  Cristiano, Malo, Gente

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• The way to deeper knowledge of God is through the lonely valleys of soul poverty and abnegation of all things. The blessed ones who possess the Kingdom are they who have repudiated every external thing and have rooted from their hearts all sense of possessing. These are the 'poor in spirit.'

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Lonely, Blessed, Heart

  "The Pursuit of God". Book by Aiden Wilson Tozer, 1957.

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• 'Blessed are the poor in spirit, for they shall see God' suggested to me a heavenly welfare program for the meek. Today that saying reveals an astute insight into egotism, about how those with swollen pride or vanity cannot see anything larger than themselves.

  Huston Smith

  Blessed, Pride, Welfare Programs

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• Puede estar aquí hoy y desaparecer mañana.

  Ann Romney

  Se fue, hoy, mañana

  "Ann Romney: I dont' consider myself to be wealthy". www.foxnews.com. 6 de marzo de 2012.

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• With so much effort being poured into church growth, so much press being given to the benefits of faith, and so much flexing of religious muscle in the public square, the poor in spirit have no one but Jesus to call them blessed anymore.

  Barbara Brown Taylor

  Religious, Jesus, Blessed

  FaceBook post by Barbara Brown Taylor from Jun 27, 2013

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• Do not complain then of your poverty, my daughter, - we only complain of that which is unwelcome, and if poverty is unwelcome to you, you are no longer poor in spirit.

  San Francisco de Sales

  Daughter, Complaining, Poverty

  Saint Francis de Sales, Catholic Way Publishing (2015). “The Saint Francis de Sales Collection [16 Books]”, p.234, Catholic Way Publishing

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• La Realidad Última no es clara e inmediatamente aprehendida sino por aquellos que se han hecho amorosos, puros de corazón y pobres de espíritu.

  Aldous Huxley

  Amor, Humildad, Corazón

  Aldous Huxley (2003). "Huxley y Dios: Ensayos sobre la experiencia religiosa", Crossroad 8 Avenue

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• I find afflictions to be good for me. I have always found them so. Afflictions are happy means in the hands of the Holy Spirit to subdue my corruptions, my pride, my evil passions, my inordinate love to the creature. Afflictions soften my hard heart, bring me to my knees, increase faith, increase love, increase humility, increase self-denial. Afflictions make me poor in spirit, and nothing in my own eyes.

  Joseph Williams

  Passion, Heart, Mean

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• When a person gets right with God, my eyes are upward...I'm poor in spirit. I'm spiritually bankrupt.

  Johnny Hunt

  Leadership, Christian, Eye

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• If you are lonely, please know you can find comfort. If you are discouraged, please know you can find hope. If you are poor in spirit, please know you can be strengthened. If you feel you are broken, please know you can be mended.

  Jeffrey R. Holland

  Lonely, Broken, Comfort

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• If the Savior were among us today, we would find Him where He always was-ministering to the meek, the downcast, the humble, the distressed, and the poor in spirit. During this Christmas season and always, may we give to Him by loving as He loves.

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Humble, Giving, May

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• Pobre y contento es rico, y suficientemente rico.

  William Shakespeare

  Money, Simplicity, Contentment

  1603-4 Iago to Othello. Othello, act 3, sc.3, l.176-8.

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• El poder económico no es lo mismo que la fuerza del carácter nacional. Nuestro país puede ser rico en bienes, pero somos pobres de espíritu.

  Richard M. Nixon

  País, carácter, poder

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• Lo que he descubierto es que el país no se refiere tanto al lugar donde creciste como al lugar donde crece tu corazón, donde echa raíces. La patria es un estado de ánimo. Creo que, en última instancia, lo que define ser de un país es sencillo: un corazón cariñoso, una mano que ayuda, una mente abierta, pobre de espíritu.

  Clay Walker

  País, Creer, Corazón

  Clay Walker (2013). "Jesús era un chico de campo: Life Lessons on Faith, Fishing, and Forgiveness", p.12, Simon and Schuster.

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• Podemos ser pobres de espíritu, y yo ni siquiera me considero rico, lo cual es algo interesante. Puede estar aquí hoy y desaparecer mañana.

  Ann Romney

  Interesante, Se, Hoy

  "Ann Romney tuvo un susto de salud en marzo". www.huffingtonpost.com. 26 de abril de 2012.

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• Un amor verdaderamente cristiano, ya sea a Dios o a los hombres, es un amor humilde y de corazón quebrantado. Los deseos de los santos, por más fervientes que sean, son deseos humildes. Su esperanza es una esperanza humilde; y su alegría, incluso cuando es indecible y llena de gloria, es una humilde alegría de corazón roto, y deja al cristiano más pobre de espíritu, y más como un niño pequeño, y más dispuesto a una humildad universal de comportamiento.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Christian, Children, Humble

  Jonathan Edwards (1821). “A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections: In Three Parts ...”, p.293

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• Nos incumbe recordar diligentemente que el reino de los cielos fue prometido a los pobres de espíritu, y que las mentes afligidas por la calamidad y el desprecio de la humanidad escuchan alegremente la promesa divina de la felicidad futura; mientras que, por el contrario, los afortunados se contentan con la posesión de este mundo, y los sabios abusan en la duda y disputan su vana superioridad de razón y conocimiento.

  Edward Gibbon

  Sabio, Historia, Cielo

  Edward Gibbon (1854). "Historia de la decadencia y caída del Imperio Romano", p.217

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• Riches seem to come to the poor in spirit, the poor in interest and joy. To put it straight - the very rich are a poor bunch of bastards

  John Steinbeck

  Joy, Riches, Spirit

  John Steinbeck (2002). “East of Eden”, p.510, Penguin

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• Heaven must be an awfully dull place if the poor in spirit live there.

  Emma Goldman

  Heaven, Dull, Spirit

  Emma Goldman (1913). “Mother Earth, a Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Social Science and Literature”

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• Compadécete de los mansos, porque ellos heredarán la tierra.

  Don Marqués

  Biblia, Jesús, Humilde

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• An animal so poor in spirit that he won't even fight on his own behalf is already an evolutionary dead end; the best he can do for his breed is to crawl off and die, and not pass on his defective genes.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Fighting, Animal, Spirit

  "The Pragmatics of Patriotism". Address at the U.S. Naval Academy, April 5, 1973.

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• I thought: pity the poor in spirit who know neither the enchantment nor the beauty of language.

  Muriel Barbery

  Enchantment, Spirit, Language

  "La elegancia del erizo". Libro de Muriel Barbery, 31 de agosto de 2006.

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