The Character of Jesus Quotes

“although nineteen centuries have swept away almost everything which was believed and taught in Jesus’ day, his ideas are still alive and the very words in which they are expressed seem destined to outlive the stars.”
― Charles Edward Jefferson, The Character of Jesus

“There is a feeling now prevalent that it is unwise for a man to confine himself to anyone religion or anyone particular statement of belief. It is better — so men say — not to pin your faith to the sleeve of anyone idea or truth, but hold yourself in readiness to accept every idea which may come your way. Keep the windows and doors of your mind wide open and let everything blow through which the winds may be able to catch up, but do not settle down upon any definite conceptions of God or the soul, of duty or destiny, because in so doing you narrow yourself and may ultimately degenerate into a bigot. With this sort of philosophy Jesus of Nazareth had no sympathy.”
― Charles Edward Jefferson, The Character of Jesus

“This indomitable Optimist has confidence in you. You have no hope for yourself. He has. You see your weakness, sordidness, vileness; he sees deeper, and seeing deeper he has hope for you. He sees your capacity of God. He knows what you can do when you have come to yourself.”
― Charles Edward Jefferson, The Character of Jesus

“It should never be forgotten that Jesus was brotherly toward good men as well as bad men, rich men as well as poor men, respectable men as well as disreputable men — he was the brother of every man.”
― Charles Edward Jefferson, The Character of Jesus

“in all schools of art an artist is praised not for what is different in him from others, but only for doing most strongly what all are endeavoring.”
― Charles Edward Jefferson, The Character of Jesus

“The fact is that God has never left himself without a witness. The Son of God has always been in the world. He is the light that lights every man who is born. From the beginning he has been giving men right ideas and right feelings and helping them to reach right conclusions and decisions.”
― Charles Edward Jefferson, The Character of Jesus