#beatitudes

Blessed are the meek, for to them we shall say "attaboy". ↗

Blessed are the single-hearted, for they shall enjoy much peace. If you refuse to be hurried and pressed, if you stay your soul on God, nothing can keep you from that clearness of spirit which is life and peace. In that stillness you will know what His will is. ↗

— Amy Carmichael

#life

Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts. It involves many things, but above all, the power of going out of one's self and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another. ↗

— Thomas Hughes

#love

Blessed are the dumbfucks. ↗

— Christopher Moore

#christ

For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes (Matthew 5). But, often with tears in their eyes, the demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And of course, that's Moses, not Jesus. I haven't heard one of them demand that the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, be posted anywhere. "Blessed are the merciful" in a courtroom? "Blessed are the peacemakers" in the Pentagon? Give me a break! ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#christ #christian #christianity #jesus #christ

Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact. ↗

— George Eliot

#blessings #loquacity #remaining-silent #reticence #silence

Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light. ↗

— Groucho Marx

#paraphrased #light

Blessed are the forgetful, for they get the better even of their blunders. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#bless #blessed #blunders #forget #forgetful

Mrs. Lynde says, 'Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed. ↗