Olive Schreiner Quotes

Love is the only wealth that man absolutely needs. Love is the only wealth that God precisely is.

Jesus did not only serve the needs of the people, but truly hoped that the people and Jesus would be one.

I'm a very spiritual person, and I believe in God and all that kind of stuff. So my perfect type of guy would be spiritually grounded, extremely respectful and funny because I love to laugh.

Love is a big word. I believe in Love. I believe that God is Love.

Children are God's Apostles, sent forth, day by day, to preach of love, and hope, and peace.

Where love is, there God is also.

Christianity has done a great deal for love by making a sin of it.

Trust is our gift back to God, and he finds it so enchanting that Jesus died for love of it

I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for religion - I have shuddered at it. I shudder no more - I could be martyred for my religion - Love is my religion - I could die for that.

Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with Him who we know loves us. The important thing is not to think much but to love much and so do that which best stirs you to love. Love is not great delight but desire to please God in everything.

If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.

Religion is man's attempt to bind himself back to a relationship with God.

Love is the cheapest of religions.

For me, 'Lamb' started out as a further exploration of the phenomenon of faith and the responsibility of a messiah that I touched on in 'Coyote Blue' and 'Island of the Sequined Love Nun,' but it ended up being an exploration of the true meaning of sacrifice, loyalty, and friendship.

Christians - whether as a priest, a nun, a minister, whatever - have just been stereotyped to death. You try to be a model of kindness and love and forgiveness to all those around you, because you have received kindness and love and forgiveness from God through Christ. That's what Christianity is.

A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.

Nothing else is required than to act toward God, in the midst of your occupations, as you do, even when busy, toward those who love you and whom you love.

How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.

The mark of one who loves God and saints is sacrifice.

I never go to temples, but when I see a child, I see God in them.

For me, it is essential to have the inner peace and serenity of prayer in order to listen to the silence of God, which speaks to us, in our personal life and the history of our times, of the power of love.

Jesus is the inspiration for anyone to go the distance.

Dad was joyful until the day he died, and I think that joy was deeply rooted in his love affair with God.

Love is the greatest gift that God has given us. It's free.

Many a sin has sullied me in body and in soul because I did not restrain my thoughts nor guard my lips: nevertheless it is to Thee, O God of majesty and love, that I turn in my extremity, for Thou art the fount of mercy; to Thee, as quickly as I may, I speed: for Thou alone canst heal me; I take refuge under Thy protection.