St. Justin Quotes

His self-righteousness has prevented him from enjoying the grace all around him.

What could be more encouraging than realizing that Jesus calls the unqualified?

Whether through an outwardly prideful life of breaking the rules or an inwardly prideful life of keeping the rules, we are people who have sought to avoid Jesus and run our own lives.

Our relationship with Jesus is based on grace- on the unexpected, undeserved, counterintuitive love of God.

Jesus offers undeserved love, a love we don't deserve and can therefore never lose.

Never once, did Christ ever utter, "I came here to start a religion"Early Christians did not worship items, relics, wars, or governments.

Just because your feet are on the ground, doesn't mean you weren't born to fly.

All continuous suffering, is self inflicted.

Two times twice now, I have been called arrogant, by the decadent.I'd rather be overly self confident, rather than overly self indulgent.

Some want, to be exempt. They do not want to excel, they do not want to exert. They want to be considered excellent, for desiring to be held exempt, from all accountability.

It was the freedom to experiment that made this experiment called Freedom possible.

I don't correct her to let her know her backdoor wisdom yanks me deep into another country, where water runs uphill.

When an officer finds themselves arresting pastors that are feeding people who have nothing, they should know they’re on the wrong side.

Yes, he said, taking her hand. And now I think I finally understand that old expression - a sight for sore eyes.

A good short definition of grace is "one-way love.

Whatever mistakes her son might make in life, Cindy was sure God would have mercy on him. The church, she feared, might not.

In league with being graced by greatness, prepare to be greeted, by all that is beneath you.

There is grace for the unrighteous and the self-righteous alike, and the father loves both sons well.

When you love to kill and can do it as well as I can, then what better way to raise hell?" -Javier "Bones" Jones

There is but a gentle stillness inside every cerebral. Tiny waterfalls of blood vessels rushing, becoming lethal.

The shot was so precise that the bullet went out his forehead and shattered a whisky bottle against the wall behind the counter.

Defy all that’s holy, for they are the seekersDo the bidding for they are the devil’s speakers

We may think of ourselves as static anti-heroes, but in reality we're dynamic protagonists just waiting for our courage to kick in.

I don't remember ever signing up for weird. It just sort of happened.

The best horror novels open up, "It was beautiful summer day and the smell of flowers emanated throughout the air.

Absolution is not the same as understanding.

Gratitude is the heart of humility, and humility is the path to peace, love, and understanding.

If there really is a definable 6th sense, it would be the natural connection and the ability of communication between man and animal

Proper process, should not hinder progress. Too much focus on process, has left many blind to measured, tangible progress.

The fact that we're all different is the one thing we all have in common.

Before you wonder ‘Am I doing things right?’ ask yourself, ‘Am I doing the right things?

Social conditioning, accompanied by moral and mental constraints, now serve to render the mediocre mind nearly incapable of unbiased assessment.

When man was created it was not for this purposeTo become taken over and be utterly worthless

Those who cannot have your love, will gladly accept your hatred.

As a boy, I remember my father telling me a bedtime story about the day my grandfather was decapitated.

City of memories, city of mirrors.

The grandeur of the thieving falsity is larceny, the fall of cities.

The seeking face that does not alter when presented with peace and reason, must bask in its wearer's prideful ignorance.

People strive hardest to save face, when the beauty they value is solely extrinsic.

The seeking face that will not alter when presented with reason, must delight in its wearer's prideful ignorance.

We’ll never solve the problems we don’t talk about.

There’s one thing you can start doing right now that will change how you communicate with any young human: Remember what it’s like to be one.

Falsehoods, rob the good in the hood, of the good wood. The good wood, that the good in the hood are descended from, is their birthright.

The lies they've convinced their eyes that they're seeing, will not mar the truth in my lens.

The ability to lie, paired with unaccountability, has made a near infinite amount of liabilities.

Greed is taking more than you need to feed. Avarice is hoarding, and stockpiling stolen, rotten goods.

Even the proud in all their boasting, must fall silent before the wise.

To be considerate of othersIs for the way of the wiseThere’s more fighters than loversLeaving us with blackened eyes

God seemed to have become a brand, a packaging, and people purchase this trusted brand with such faith and devotion that they no longer care who the vendor is.

Evidence is of no longer consequence when hope enters the fray, and this is where faith is born—a seemingly abundant commodity certain powerful organizations feed on fervently, if not lavishly.