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“Muhammad introduced the concept of such Glorious and Omnipotent God in Whose eyes all worldly systems are pieces of straw. Islamic equality of mankind is no fiction as it is in Christianity. No human mind has ever thought of such total freedom as established by Muhammad.”
― Dr. Mawde Royden

“Even under false accusation those who are in the right can afford to be calm and considerate. God is acquainted with all that is misunderstood and misinterpreted by men, and we can safely leave our case in His hands. He will as surely vindicate the cause of those who put their trust in Him as He searched out the guilt of Achan. Those who are actuated by the spirit of Christ will possess that charity which suffers long and is kind.”
― Ellen G. White, The Story of Patriarchs and Prophets - As Illustrated in the Lives of Holy Men of Old

“Let any one speak long enough, he will get believers.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson, The Master of Ballantrae

“God thundered again and again through the prophets that worship in the context of mistreatment of the poor and disadvantaged is an outrage.”
― Ronald J. Sider, Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger: Moving from Affluence to Generosity

“No wonder God chose this dark land to send prophets to, for a candle only shines in the dark.”
― Rami Ollaik, The Bees Road

“You got to be worried when they're agreeing about anything," she said. "Prophets. That's the last bloody thing you want prophets to do.”
― China Miéville, Kraken

“If you're completely off your rocker and have delusions of grandeur in which your personal existence is of special significance to the rest of the world, all hope is not lost. Mix in enough charisma and you have what it takes to start a religion... or become a serial killer.”
― Edward M. Wolfe

“Protesters are still on the fringes like satellites, revolving around the system. But prophets and poets lead us into a new world, beyond simply yelling at the old one.”
― Shane Claiborne, The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical

“The variable that marks some periods as barren and some as rich in prophetic vision is in the interest, the level of seeking, the responsiveness of the hearers. The variable is not in the presence or absence or the relative quality and force of the prophetic voices. The prophet grows in stature as people respond to his message...It is the seekers, then, who make the prophet.”
― Robert K. Greenleaf, The Servant as Leader

“...one could accept Muhammad as a genuine mystic—just as one could accept Joan of Arc's voices as having genuinely been heard by her, or the revelations of Saint John the Divine as being that troubled soul's 'real' experiences—without needing also to accept that, had one been standing next to the Prophet of Islam on Mount Hira that day, one would also have seen the Archangel.”
― Salman Rushdie, Joseph Anton: A Memoir

“Children are prophets of nature.”
― Raheel Farooq

“I have noticed over the past three years that most African Christians depend on their pastor or preachers for directions in life than their lecturers, politicians and nurses. That tells why most people refuse certain medical priorities with regards to their pastor's messages. I think if every pastor should have entrepreneurial knowledge coupled with spiritual integrity, Africa will shake!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes

“As we see from the Scriptures, it had become a common and proverbial expression that if someone wanted to refer to a prophet, he called him a “fool.â€� So in the history of Jehu (2 Kings 9:11), they said of a prophet: “Why did this mad fellow come to you?â€� And Isaiah shows (Is. 57:4) that they opened their mouths and put out their tongues against him. But all they accomplished by this was to become a terrible stench and a curse, while the dear prophets and saints have honor, praise, and acclaim throughout the world and are ruling forever with Christ, the Lord.”
― Martin Luther, Sermon on the Mount and the Magnificat

“And never mind that the lessons he meant to be helpful, his students always make people miserable with, and flunk anybody that disagrees with them!”
― John Barth, Giles Goat-Boy

“He never looked great but he's dreadful now, face thin and eyes staring like you see in cartoons of mad imams and hunched over. If that's what God does to you you should pick your friends more carefully.”
― Ian McDonald, The Dervish House

“If miracles represent prophecy, we must have more prophets in twenty first century than the entire human history.”
― M.F. Moonzajer

“If prophets are real, they are not leaders but followers.”
― M.F. Moonzajer

“While it is important on the one hand that laxness in dealing with sin be avoided, it is equally important on the other to shun harsh judgment and groundless suspicion.”
― Ellen G. White, The Story of Patriarchs and Prophets - As Illustrated in the Lives of Holy Men of Old

“Prophets are dastardly pessimists, to a man.”
― Janny Wurts, Traitor's Knot