Talk:Salvation

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 * Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core of science fiction, its essence has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all.
 * Isaac Asimov, Gaither's Dictionary of Scientific Quotations: A Collection of Approximately, 05-Jan-2012, p. 2204.


 * Sole survivor, cursed with second sight Haunted saviour, cried into the night.
 * Blue Oyster Cult, Sole Survivor, Fire of unknown origin, lyrics by Erik Bloom, John Trivers, and Liz Myers




 * Surely we may hope that as men get to see that prayer has not succeeded in its efforts to "move the arm which moves the world, to bring salvation down, they may turn to the more difficult, but also the more hopeful task, of moving their own arms to work out for their own salvation.
 * Annie Besant (2012), in The Theosophical Writings of Annie Besant, p. 173.


 * I might be ready to kneel before the cross of Good Friday, to stand beside the sepulcher on Easter Day. In order to facilitate the realization of those last sacred days of God incarnate on earth, working out man’s salvation, I resolved to write a brief history of that week, compiled from Four Gospels, meaning them to try and realize each day the occurrences that had happened on the corresponding day in AD 33, and so to follow those “blessed feet” step by step, till they were ...nailed for our advantage to the bitter cross.
 * Annie Besant, in “Annie Besant: An Autobiography”, p. 59.


 * He is a being who has attained what is called ‘liberation' in the East, what is called salvation in the West; a being whose soul and Spirit have become unified, who lives consciously on the higher plane of our own universe – the fivefold universe – and whose centre of consciousness is on the atmic, sometimes called the nirvanic, plane.
 * Annie Besant, Annie Besant's London Lectures of 1907, (2008), p. 78.


 * My mother had an intense longing to communicate before she died. “If it is necessary to salvation," she persisted, doggedly, "I will not take it if darling Annie is to be shut out.” I would be rather lost with her than saved without her.
 * Annie Besant, Annie Besant: An Autobiography, (10 March 2011), p. 122.


 * Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the foundation upon which sincere and meaningful repentance must be built. If we truly seek to put away sin, we must first look to Him who is the Author of our salvation.
 * Ezra Taft Benson, God's Prophets Speak, p. 8.


 * The work of salvation, in its full sense, is about whole human beings, not merely souls; about the present, not simply the future; and about what God does through us, not merely what God does in and for us.
 * Death by Church, (1 January 2009), p. 100.
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 * Sincerity is the biggest part of selling anything -- including the Christian plan of salvation.
 * Billy Graham, in Billy Graham: His Life and Influence (9 October 2007), p. 37.


 * "Because he loves me”, says the Lord I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him. And show him my salvation.
 * David, Psalm (91:1-16), in “Words of Wisdom, Too (1 January 1998)” p. 218.
 * Interesting paraphrase of Psalm 91, but paraphrase should not be cited as original. Is source notable?


 * The Bible...is the one supreme source of revelation of the meaning of life, the nature of God and Spiritual nature and needs of men. It is the only guide of life which really leads the spirit in the way of peace and salvation.
 * Woodrow Wilson, in “Words of Wisdom, Too (1 January 1998)”, p. 18.




 * Purity of character and salvation depend on purity of heart. We should, by living the life according to our lights share the best with one another, thus adding to the sum total of human effort to reach God.
 * Mahatma Gandhi, in A Critique of Gandhi on Christianity"
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 * What need of expensive sacrifices, Or of difficult penances? Worship Ganga, asking for happiness and good fortune, and she will bring you heaven and salvation.
 * Padma Purana (v.60.39), in The Ganges in Myth and History, (1 January 2001), p. 14.


 * We must remember that the Hindu religion lays down distinctly and clearly that every one who wants salvation must pass through the stage of Rishihood [Life of a Saint], must become a Mantra-drashta, must see God. That is salvation; that is the law laid down by our scriptures.
 * Swami Vivekananda, in Vivekananda Vedanta Lecture - You must see God!


 * Be strong! Don’t talk of ghosts and devils. We are the living devils. The sign of life is strength and growth. The sign of death is weakness. Whatever is weak, avoid! It is death. If it is strength, go down into hell and get hold of it! There is salvation only for the brave.
 * Swami Vivekananda, in The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 1/Lectures And Discourses/The Gita III (29 May 1900).


 * Everyone must work out his own salvation.
 * Swami Vivekananda, in The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 8/Epistles - Fourth Series/XX Diwanji Saheb (20 June 1894).


 * There is no salvation for man until he sees God, realises his own soul.
 * Swami Vivekananda, in The Complete Works of the Swami Vivekananda, Comprising All His Lectures, Addresses and Discourses Delivered in Europe, America and India, (1932).


 * Faith, faith, faith in ourselves, faith, faith in God, this is the secret of greatness. If you have faith in all the three hundred and thirty millions of your mythological Gods, and in all the Gods which foreigners have now and again introduced into your midst, and still have no faith in yourselves, there is no salvation for you.
 * Swami Vivekananda, in From Colombo to Almora: Being a Record of Swami Vivekananda's Return to India After His Mission ...


 * Salvation means knowing the truth. We do not become anything; we are what we are. Salvation [comes] by faith and not by work. It is a question of knowledge! You must know what you are, and it is done. The dream vanishes. This you [and others] are dreaming here. When they die, they go to [the] heaven [of their dream]. They live in that dream, and [when it ends], they take a nice body [here], and they are good people.
 * Swami Vivekananda, in Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 1/Lectures And Discourses/Breathing


 * This is the one great idea to understand that our power is already ours, our salvation is already within us.
 * Swami Vivekananda, in The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 3/Lectures from Colombo to Almora/The Vedanta


 * But salvation is in work and love. You learn something thoroughly; in time you may not be able to call that thing to memory. Yet it has sunk into your inner consciousness and is a part of you. So as you work, whether it be good or bad, you shape your future course of life. If you do good work with the idea of work — work for work's sake — you will go to heaven of your idea and dream of heaven.
 * Swami Vivekananda, in Way to Salvation (Report of a lecture delivered in Oakland on Monday, March 12, 1900, with editorial comments of the Oakland Enquirer


 * Salvation never will come through hope of reward.
 * Swami Vivekananda, in The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 2/Jnana-Yoga/The Atman


 * The road to salvation is through truth.
 * Swami Vivekananda, in in [The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 1/Lectures And Discourses/The Soul And God


 * To be unselfish, perfectly selfless, is salvation itself; for the man within dies, and God alone remains.
 * Swami Vivekananda, in The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 4/Lectures and Discourses/Christ, the Messenger


 * Well has it been said that man is the only animal that naturally looks upwards; every other animal naturally looks down. That looking upward and going upward and seeking perfection are what is called salvation; and the sooner a man begins to go higher, the sooner he raises himself towards this idea of truth as salvation.
 * Swami Vivekananda, in The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 3/Lectures and Discourses/Unity, the Goal of Religion


 * What is salvation? To live with God. Where? Anywhere. Here this moment. One moment in infinite time is quite as good as any other moment.
 * Swami Vivekananda, in The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 3/Buddhistic India
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 * First warrior bands adapted Quranic monotheism to the demand of their life style with the result that the quest for salvation became interpreted in terms of the jihad,  or holy war, with warriors promised salvation if they die in battle. Second, the growth and expansion of the mystical Sufi brotherhoods (c.700-800) produced an interpretation of Islam that relied on perception of believers as vessels of divine power, leading to a passive acceptance or restfulness rather an engagement  with this-worldly matters. Indeed this-worldly engagement was seen as giving into the world and its profane demands. So, with these two group carriers, Islamic salvation beliefs produced either a passive attitude to the world or support for warriors in Islamic war of conquests.
 * H. Goldman, in "Resurgent Islam: A Sociological Approach (11 November 2005)", P.76.


 * Salvation in Islam is for the most part a future state experienced only in the hereafter. It includes pardon from past sins and deliverance from hell, as well as gaining God’s favour and acceptance to heaven.
 * Norman L. Geisler, Abdul Saleeb, in Answering Islam: The Crescent in Light of the Cross, (01-Aug-2002), p. 124.


 * For Muslims God’s mercy and forgiveness plays a fundamental role in salvation.
 * Norman L. Geisler, Abdul Saleeb, in "Answering Islam: The Crescent in Light of the Cross (01-Aug-2002)", p. 127.


 * Observe moderation in deeds (and if it is not possible, try to be near moderation) and understand that none amongst you can attain salvation because of his deeds alone. They said: Allah's Messenger, not even you? Thereupon he said: Not even I, but that Allah should wrap me in His Mercy and Grace.
 * Hadith in Sahih Muslim, Book 39, Number 6765

In Jainism

 * The doctrine of the Jainas who let their Prophet Parsva proclaim in the 8th century BC – the difference between mind and matter and of salvation by the liberation of an individual soul from matter.
 * Helmuth von Glasenapp, in Jainism: An Indian Religion of Salvation, (1 January 1999), p. 24.


 * ...according to the belief of the Digambaras, only men can get salvation, this is not possible to the other sexes. P.240,
 * Helmuth von Glasenapp, in "Jainism: An Indian Religion of Salvation (1 January 1999)", p. 240.


 * Both [Jain sects of Svetambara and Digambara&#93; hold the view that only human beings can get salvation; gods and other beings which are capable of getting salvation according to other Indian systems, do not have it according to Jaina-teachings. They have to be born again as human beings when they become mature for this highest spiritual development to be able to accomplish complete absolution from all earthly passions.
 * Helmuth von Glasenapp, in "Jainism: An Indian Religion of Salvation (1 January 1999)", p. 240.


 * Karma for Hindus is adrisya, an invisible power, for Jainas, it is a complex of fine particle of matter, and karma infects their souls; for many Hindus, salvation can be achieved through divine mercy, as a consequence of evident and sincere resignation towards Ishvara, for Jainas, only through the incessant work on one’s own self; for most of the Hindus, there is no limit to the capability of salvation, Jainas make a distinction between bhavyas and abhavyas; for most of Hindus, salvation consists either in the eternal stay of the soul in the paradise of Ishvara or in complete merger with the universal soul, for Jainas, it is in the unperturbed actionless peace of the omniscient on the peak of the universe. Finally, and above all, Jainism has a number of concepts which are alien to the metaphysical systems of the Hindus..., it has an independent epistemology and dialectics (Syadvada) and uses terminology which is peculiar to it alone.
 * Helmuth von Glasenapp, in "Jainism: An Indian Religion of Salvation (1 January 1999)", P.496.