Whoever falls from God’s right hand is caught into his left.
—Edwin Markham (1852–1940) American Poet, Educator
The experience of God, or in any case the possibility of experiencing God, is innate.
—Alice Walker (b.1944) American Novelist, Activist
All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired.
—Martin Luther (1483–1546) German Protestant Theologian
God is what man finds that is divine in himself. God is the best way man can behave in the ordinary occasions of life, and the farthest point to which man can stretch himself.
—Max Lerner (1902–92) Russian-born American Journalist
I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least…
I see something of God each hour of the twenty-four, and each moment then,
In the faces of men and women I see God, and in my own face in the glass;
I find letters from God dropped in the street, and everyone is signed by God’s name,
And I leave them where they are, for I know
that whereso’er I go
Others will punctually come forever and ever.
—Walt Whitman (1819–92) American Poet, Essayist, Journalist, American, Poet, Essayist, Journalist
To Be is to live with God.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
The person who has a firm trust in the Supreme Being is powerful in his power, wise by his wisdom, happy by his happiness.
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719) English Essayist, Poet, Playwright, Politician
Who fathoms the Eternal Thought?$Who talks of scheme and plan?$The Lord is God! He needeth not$The poor device of man.
—John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–92) American Quaker Poet, Abolitionist
Some people talk about frnding God, as if He could get lost.
—Unknown
God is a verb, not a noun.
—Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983) American Inventor, Philosopher
God delays but doesn’t forget.
—Spanish Proverb
I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.
—Thomas Merton (1915–68) American Trappist Monk
One unquestioned text we read, All doubt beyond, all fear above; Nor crackling pile nor cursing creed Can burn or blot it: God is Love.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–94) American Physician, Essayist
Pardon, not wrath, is God’s best attribute.
—Bayard Taylor (1825–78) American Poet, Literary Critic, Translator, Translator
You are accepted! … accepted by that which is greater than you and the name of which you do not know. Do not ask the name now, perhaps you will know it later. Do not try to do anything perhaps later you will do much. flo not seek for anything, do not perform anything do not intend anything. Simply accept the fact that you are accepted.
—Paul Tillich (1886–1965) American Lutheran Theologian, Philosopher
The God of many men is little more than their court of appeal against the damnatory judgerfleflt passed on their failures by the opinion of the world.
—William James (1842–1910) American Philosopher, Psychologist, Physician
The most beautiful of all emblems is that of God, whom Timaeus of Locris describes under the image of “A circle whose centre is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere”.
—Voltaire (1694–1778) French Philosopher, Author
We are Divine enough to ask and we are important enough to receive.
—Wayne Dyer (1940–2015) American Self-Help Author
Gawd knows, and ‘E won’t split on a pal.
—Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) British Children’s Books Writer, Short story, Novelist, Poet, Journalist
The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
For the multitude of worldly friends profiteth not, nor may strong helpers anything avail, nor wise counselors give profitable counsel, nor the cunning of doctors give consolation, nor riches deliver in time of need, nor a secret place to defend, if Thou, Lord, do not assist, help, comfort, counsel, inform, and defend.
—Thomas a Kempis (1379–1471) German Religious Priest, Writer
There is but one ultimate Power. This Power is to each one what he is to it.
—Ernest Holmes (1887–1960) American New Thought Writer, Teacher
Darkness is strong, and so is Sin, But surely God endures forever.
—James Russell Lowell (1819–91) American Poet, Critic
By learning to contact, listen to, and act on our intuition, we can directly connect to the higher power of the universe and allow it to become our guiding force.
—Shakti Gawain (b.1948) American Author, Environmentalist
Every law of matter or the body, supposed to govern man, is rendered null and void by the law of Life, God.
—Mary Baker Eddy (1821–1910) American Christian Science Religious Leader, Humanitarian, Writer
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
I believe in the incomprehensibility of God.
—Honore de Balzac (1799–1850) French Novelist
My friends I now leave, not knowing when, or whether ever, I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington. Without the assistance of that Divine Being, who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance, I cannot fail.
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–65) American Head of State
Yet, in the maddening maze of things, And tossed by storm and flood, To one fixed trust my spirit clings; I know that God is good.
—John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–92) American Quaker Poet, Abolitionist
It’s only by forgetting yourself that you draw near to God.
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–62) American Philosopher
It is the heart which experiences God, not the reason.
—Blaise Pascal (1623–62) French Mathematician, Physicist, Theologian
Then comes the insight that All is God. One still realizes that the world is as it was, but it does not matter, it does not affect one’s faith.
—Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907–72) American Jewish Rabbi
Walk boldly and wisely… There is a hand above that will help you on.
—Philip James Bailey (1816–1902) English Poet
God is like a mirror. The mirror never changes, but everybody who looks at it sees something different.
—Harold Kushner (b.1935) American Jewish Religious Leader, Priest
When we lose God, it is not God who is lost.
—Unknown
I have never understood why it should be considered derogatory to the Creator to suppose that he has a sense of humour.
—William Ralph Inge (1860–1954) English Anglican Clergyman, Priest, Mystic
God uses lust to impel men to many, ambition to office, avarice to earning, and fear to faith. God led me like an old blind goat.
—Martin Luther (1483–1546) German Protestant Theologian
A humble knowledge of oneself is a surer road to God than a deep searching of the sciences.
—Thomas a Kempis (1379–1471) German Religious Priest, Writer
Some people want to see God with their eyes as they see a cow, and to love Him as they love their cow—for the milk and cheese and profit it brings them. This is how it is with people who love God for the sake of outward wealth or inward comfort.
—Meister Eckhart (c.1260–1327) German Christian Mystic
Before me, even as behind, God is, and all is well.
—John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–92) American Quaker Poet, Abolitionist
Whom the heart of man shuts out, Sometimes the heart of God takes in.
—James Russell Lowell (1819–91) American Poet, Critic
How is it Lord, that we are cowards in everything save in opposing Thee?
—Teresa of Avila (1515–82) Spanish Carmelite Nun, Mystic
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the unlimitable superior who reveals Himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble minds. That deeply emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.
—Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born Physicist
God enters by a private door into every individual.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
No man hates God without first hating himself.
—Fulton J. Sheen (1895–1979) American Catholic Religious Leader, Theologian
We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the Mount.
—Omar Bradley (1893–1981) American Military Leader
God has many names, though He is only one Being.
—Aristotle (384BCE–322BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Scholar
What we are is God’s gift to us. What we become is our gift to God.
—Unknown
Is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul.
—Jean Paul (1763–1825) German Novelist, Humorist
To them that ask, where have you seen the Gods, or how do you know for certain there are Gods, that you are so devout in their worship? I answer: Neither have I ever seen my own soul, and yet I respect and honor it.
—Marcus Aurelius (121–180) Emperor of Rome, Stoic Philosopher