Theodore Parker Quotes

Comparing Jesus with history's greatest of human leaders is like comparing the sun to a flashlight with no batteries.

The person that I most admire is Jesus Christ. He is the only perfect Person. There is simply no comparison. The difference between Him and all other men is not merely quantitative, but qualitative. He is in a category all to Himself.

Jesus Chris was more than man.

Jesus of Nazareth was a poet, no less than a prophet, of pre-eminent genius.

I've always considered Christ to be one of the greatest revolutionaries in the history of humanity.

He's [Jesus] the most fascinating character in history, really - the character who's made more difference to the world than anyone since him. I daresay that Muslims would say Muhammad was that character, but I think Jesus had a sort of 600-year start on him.

Jesus is Jesus. So, I'm not sure I'd get into the business of making somebody into Jesus. That's just me.

Men have discovered other philosophical and ethical systems, but they have not found another Jesus Christ. No one in history can match Him.

A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said wouldn't be a great moral teacher. He'd be either a lunatic on a level with a man who says he's a poached egg or else he'd be the devil of hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse.

Jesus is an historical figure for me, and he's also a bridge between God and man, in the Christian faith, and one that I think is powerful precisely because he serves as that means of us reaching something higher.

Jesus to me is somebody I can think about for security and confidence. Somebody I can revere in terms of bravery and in terms of courage.

I want to offer the possibility that Jesus was truly, as he proclaimed, a savior. Not the savior, not the one and only Son of God. Rather Jesus embodied the highest level of enlightenment.

Jesus Christ, being 2000 years old and some change, is a relatively "new" god of the older god category - and has done quite well for himself, in terms of worship.

Jesus, to me, is a great world teacher among others.

There is one subject in religion, about which you can never know too much. That subject is Jesus Christ the Lord.

Jesus Christ would have been considered just another long-haired hippie freak if he hadn't been crucified. The folks weren't impressed with healing the sick, feeding the multitudes bread and fish or anything else, except maybe the walking on water. But when he got crucified, that gave him his big start.

I don't find anyone more noble than Jesus.

The only figure in history who endures is Jesus.

Jesus Christ is to me the outstanding personality of all time, all history, both as Son of God and as Son of Man. Everything he ever said or did has value for us today and that is something you can say of no other man, dead or alive. There is no easy middle ground to stroll upon. You either accept Jesus or reject him.

Our Lord Jesus Christ , my brethren, is our hero, a hero all the world wants.

If you have anything really valuable to contribute to the world it will come through the expression of your own personality, that single spark of divinity that sets you off and makes you different from every other living creature.

Sometimes, as a comedian, a line will come to you, that is so beautiful, so perfect, that you think: I did not create this line. This line belongs to all of us. Surely this is a line of God.

My #1 driving force is my lord and savior Jesus Christ. Also my family, my wife and children.

Jesus was a human being, bound by history and the natural world; an extraordinary man, to be sure, but still a man.

People define Christianity differently. I think a large portion of our population are Christians, they're not all growing in their faith, they're not all active, but I believe that a lot of people believe in Jesus and believe that he is their Lord and Savior.