Miracles are ceased, and therefore we must needs admit the means how things are perfected.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
How about this miracle… God says if you plant the seed I will make the tree. Wow, you can’t have a better arrangement than that. First, it gives God the tough end of the deal. What if you had to make a tree? That would keep you up late at night trying to figure out how to make a tree. God says, “No, leave the miracle part to me. I’ve got the seed, the soil, the sunshine, the rain and the seasons. I’m God and all this miracles stuff is easy for me. I have reserved something very special for you and that is to plant the seed.”
—Jim Rohn (1930–2009) American Entrepreneur, Author, Motivational Speaker
I have never seen a greater monster or miracle than myself.
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–92) French Essayist
Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one’s bath like a lump of sugar.
—Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Spanish Painter, Sculptor, Artist
It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.
—Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born Physicist
In the realist, faith is not born from miracles, but miracles from faith.
—Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–81) Russian Novelist, Essayist, Writer
Do anything, even the impossible; it may only take a little longer when a miracle is required.
—Unknown
The visible mark of extraordinary wisdom and power appear so plainly in all the works of creation.
—John Locke (1632–1704) English Philosopher, Physician
Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature.
—C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) Irish-born British Academic, Author, Literary Scholar
Impossible situations can become possible miracles.
—Robert H. Schuller (1926–2015) American Christian Televangelist, Author
Miracles happen to those who believe in them. Otherwise why does not the Virgin Mary appear to Lamaists, Mohammedans, or Hindus who have never heard of her?
—Bernard Berenson (1865–1959) Russian-born American Art Historian
I do not think our successes can compete with those of Lourdes. There are so many more people who believe in the miracles of the Blessed Virgin than in the existence of the unconscious.
—Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) Austrian Psychiatrist, Psychoanalytic
I am realistic, I expect miracles.
—Wayne Dyer (1940–2015) American Self-Help Author
Men talk about Bible miracles because there is no miracle in their lives. Cease to gnaw that crust. There is ripe fruit over your head.
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–62) American Philosopher
If the grace of God miraculously operates, it probably operates through the subliminal door.
—William James (1842–1910) American Philosopher, Psychologist, Physician
There are no miracles for those that have no faith in them.
—French Proverb
Out of difficulties grow miracles.
—Jean de La Bruyere (1645–96) French Satiric Moralist, Author
In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia.
—Charles Lindbergh (1902–74) American Aviator, Inventor, Conservationist
Every believer is God’s miracle.
—Gamaliel Bailey (1807–59) American Journalist
For every mountain, there is a miracle.
—Robert H. Schuller (1926–2015) American Christian Televangelist, Author
Don’t believe in miracles—depend on them.
—Laurence J. Peter (1919–90) Canadian-born American Educator, Author
Hope for a miracle, but don’t depend on one.
—The Talmud Sacred Text of the Jewish Faith
A transcendent being can be any miracle.
—Wayne Dyer (1940–2015) American Self-Help Author
For two people in a marriage to live together day after day is unquestionably the one miracle the Vatican has overlooked.
—Bill Cosby (b.1937) American Actor, Comedian, Activist, Producer, Author
A am realistic—I expect miracles.
—Wayne Dyer (1940–2015) American Self-Help Author
A good religion does not need miracles.
—Japanese Proverb
To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
—Francois Mauriac (1885–1970) French Novelist
Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
—Augustine of Hippo (354–430) Roman-African Christian Philosopher
We are the miracle of force and matter making itself over into imagination and will. Incredible. The Life Force experimenting with forms. You for one. Me for another. The Universe has shouted itself alive. We are one of the shouts.
—Ray Bradbury (b.1920) American Novelist, Short Story Writer
Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.
—C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) Irish-born British Academic, Author, Literary Scholar
The miracles of nature do not seem miracles because they are so common. If no one had ever seen a flower, even a dandelion would be the most startling event in the world.
—Unknown
Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.
—Walt Whitman (1819–92) American Poet, Essayist, Journalist, American, Poet, Essayist, Journalist
Anyone who doesn’t believe in miracles is not a realist.
—David Ben-Gurion (1886–1973) Russian-born Israeli Head of State
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is.
—Unknown
Man is still the greatest miracle and the greatest problem on this earth.
—David Sarnoff (1891–1972) American Broadcaster, Businessman
A Miracle: An event described by those to whom it was told by men who did not see it.
—Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American Writer, Publisher, Artist, Philosopher
I know this world is ruled by Infinite Intelligence. It required Infinite Intelligence to create it and it requires Infinite Intelligence to keep it on its course. Everything that surrounds us-everything that exists-proves that there are Infinite Laws behind it. There can be no denying this fact. It is mathematical in its precision.
—Thomas Edison (1847–1931) American Inventor, Scientist, Entrepreneur
A miracle I take to be a sensible operation, which being above the comprehension of the spectator, and in his opinion contrary to the established course of nature, is taken by him to be divine.
—John Locke (1632–1704) English Philosopher, Physician
I have found in life that if you want a miracle you first need to do whatever it is you can do—if that’s to plant, then plant; if it is to read, then read; if it is to change, then change; if it is to study, then study; if it is to work, then work; whatever you have to do. And then you will be well on your way of doing the labor that works miracles.
—Jim Rohn (1930–2009) American Entrepreneur, Author, Motivational Speaker
The miracle on earth are the laws of heaven.
—Jean Paul (1763–1825) German Novelist, Humorist
A cask of wine works more miracles than a church full of saints.
—Italian Proverb
The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Miracles seldom occur in the lives of those who do not consider them possible.
—Neale Donald Walsch (b.1943) American Spiritual Writer
God is a character, a real and consistent being, or He is nothing. If God did a miracle He would deny His own nature and the universe would simply blow up, vanish, become nothing.
—Joyce Cary (1888–1957) English Novelist, Artist
Only believe in the faith of a woman as you would believe in miracles.
—German Proverb
Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives.
—Louise Hay (b.1926) American Author
Miracles, in the sense of phenomena we cannot explain, surround us on every hand: life itself is the miracle of miracles.
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish Playwright
Miracle me no miracles.
—Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish Novelist
Don’t look for miracles. You yourself are the miracle.
—Henry Miller (1891–1980) American Novelist
In order to be a realist you must believe in miracles.
—David Ben-Gurion (1886–1973) Russian-born Israeli Head of State