Thomas Carlyle Quotes

The most obscene symbol in human history is the Cross; yet in its ugliness it remains the most eloquent testimony to human dignity.

There’s a long and sacred history of the use of X to symbolize the name of Christ, and from its origin, it has meant no disrespect.

A lotta Christians wear crosses 'round their necks; do you think if Jesus comes back he ever wants to see another cross?

How soon would faith freeze without a cross!

Welcome, welcome, cross of Christ, if Christ be with it.

You think when Jesus comes back, he really wants to see a cross? That's like going up to Jackie Onassis with a rifle pendant on.

We do not attach any intrinsic value to the Cross; this would be sinful and idolatrous. Our veneration is referred to Him who died upon it.

The point is to show who is the cross and who the crucified.

The Christian icon is not the Stars and Stripes but a cross-flag, and its emblem is not a donkey, an elephant, or an eagle, but a slaughtered lamb.

The cross is offensive because it directly confronts the evils which dominate so much of this world.

The cross is the centre of all this in every respect.

I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a guy nailed to two pieces of wood.

The Cross of Christ is the crux of history. Without the Cross, history cannot be defined or corrected.

The cross symbolizes a cosmic as well as historic truth. Love conquers the world, but its victory is not an easy one.

I think the benefit of a Catholic childhood is your belief in visual symbols as transmitters of information and clues about life, whether it's the mystery of life or life in general.

Jesus is the sun and Mary is the dawn announcing his rising.

On her white breast a sparkling cross she wore, Which Jews might kiss and infidels adore.

The banyan tree does not mean awakening, nor does the hill, nor the saint, nor the European couple. The lotus is a symbol of regeneration.

My second Christian name is John. Good solid bourgeois Christian name, like my first name, Peter, a rock. Minerals. Build on rock, rocks, uranium. Peter and John were two of the twelve apostles - arguable the two most significant. Were my parents hedging their bets?

The hinge of history is on the door of a Bethlehem stable.

I see crosses at every turn. My flesh shudders over it, but my heart adores them. Yes, I hail you, crosses little and great, I hail you, and kiss your feet, unworthy of the honor of your shadow.

All religious expression is symbolism.

The world is emblematic. Parts of speech are metaphors, because the whole of nature is a metaphor of the human mind.

It was no accident, no coincidence, that the seasons came round and round year after year. It was the Lord speaking to us all and showing us over and over again the birth, life, death, and resurrection of his only begotten Son, our Savior, Jesus Christ, our Lord. It was like a best-loved story being told day after day with each sunrise and sunset, year after year with the seasons, down through the ages since time began.

The Cross isn't an ornament, mere symbol. It's the mystery of God's love, that He died for our sins.