If I want to win someone for Christianity, I let him live in my house.
— Cyril of Alexandria (375–444), Patriarch von Alexandria, Kirchenvater, Kirchenlehrer
Note on attribution: Dieser Satz passt kaum zum Profil des streitbaren Kirchenvaters Kyrill von Alexandria und ist ihm nicht sicher zuzuordnen.
Topics: Service & Love of Neighbour, Witness & Mission
All quotes by Cyril of Alexandria (1)
If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
Mother Teresa
Prayer does not equip us for greater works – prayer is the greater work.
Oswald Chambers
In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others.
Henri Nouwen
There are two ways to do good: to give and to forgive.
Augustine of Hippo
The world consists of nothing but opportunities for love.
Søren Kierkegaard
We cannot do great things on this earth, only small things with great love.
Mother Teresa
The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet.
Frederick Buechner
Etty Hillesum