The first and wisest of them all professed To know this only, that he nothing knew.
I am a professed atheist, until I find myself in serious circumstances. Then I quickly fall on my knees, in my mind if not literally, and I say : 'Please God, save me from this. '
There are a great many opinions in this world, and a good half of them are professed by people who have never been in trouble.
God's trustiest lieutenants often lack official credentials. They may be professed atheists who are also men of honour and high public spirit.
If there be any difference among professed believers as to the sense of Scripture, it is their duty to tolerate such difference in each other, until God shall have revealed the truth to all.
If God came to save the world, why are so many of His professed followers intent on damning it?
Often people who already had an interest in human rights work. What I did notice with all of them, even the people who professed to be interested in human rights, was that activism was somewhat a concept in their mind - a symbolic flag on the quad or something to show how many people were starving in the world. But once they saw their efforts connected to a person, I did see a change.
The important thing is neither your nationality nor the religion you professed, but how your faith translated itself in your life.
To the average professed Christian today, living so far below normal, New Testament Christianity would be a shock.
I've never professed to be anything but an average student.
What is a Professor of Poetry? How can poetry be professed?
Christ remains the most influential figure in history. Any list of world-transforming individuals would no doubt include Moses, Buddha, and Muhammad. Moses, Buddha, and Muhammad, however occupy totally different places in Judaism, Buddhism, and Islam than Christ occupies in Christianity. Moses, Buddha, and Muhammad never professed to perform miracles; indeed they never claimed to be anything more than men. They viewed themselves simply as God's messengers. Christ is the only person in history who has defined a whole religion around his person.
It is possible that a wise and good man may be prevailed on to game; but it is impossible that a professed gamester should be a wise and good man.
The medieval university looked backwards; it professed to be a storehouse of old knowledge. The modern university looks forward, and is a factory of new knowledge.
More than this, even in those white men who professed religion we found much inconsistency of conduct. They spoke much of spiritual things, while seeking only the material.
Our humanity has been compromised by those who use Gestapo tactics in our war. The longer we stand idly by while they do so, the more we resemble those 'good Germans' who professed ignorance of their own Gestapo.
For all that has been said of the love that certain natures (on shore) have professed for it, for all the celebrations it has been the object of in prose and song, the sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness.
Ahimsa must be placed before everything else while it is professed. Then alone it becomes irresistible.
I have the utmost respect for the different faiths professed by my fellow men.
Let all listen, and be willing to listen to the doctrines professed by others.
