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
God is incorporeal, divine, supreme, infinite Mind, Spirit, Soul, Principle, Life, Truth, Love.
—Mary Baker Eddy (1821–1910) American Christian Science Religious Leader, Humanitarian, Writer
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 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
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
Because you cannot see him, God is everywhere.
—Yasunari Kawabata (1899–1972) Japanese Novelist, Short Story Writer
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
When we lose God, it is not God who is lost.
—Unknown
God enters by a private door into every individual.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
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
I believe in the incomprehensibility of God.
—Honore de Balzac (1799–1850) French Novelist
The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
Before me, even as behind, God is, and all is well.
—John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–92) American Quaker Poet, Abolitionist
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
No man hates God without first hating himself.
—Fulton J. Sheen (1895–1979) American Catholic Religious Leader, Theologian
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
The experience of God, or in any case the possibility of experiencing God, is innate.
—Alice Walker (b.1944) American Novelist, Activist
Whom the heart of man shuts out, Sometimes the heart of God takes in.
—James Russell Lowell (1819–91) American Poet, Critic
Not only then has each man his individual relation to God, but each man has his peculiar relation to God.
—George MacDonald (1824–1905) Scottish Novelist, Lecturer, Poet
Walk boldly and wisely… There is a hand above that will help you on.
—Philip James Bailey (1816–1902) English Poet
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
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
Nothing hath separated us from God but our own will, or rather our own will is our separation from God.
—William Law (1686–1761) English Clergyman
Pardon, not wrath, is God’s best attribute.
—Bayard Taylor (1825–78) American Poet, Literary Critic, Translator, Translator
God delays but doesn’t forget.
—Spanish Proverb
Darkness is strong, and so is Sin, But surely God endures forever.
—James Russell Lowell (1819–91) American Poet, Critic
God is a verb, not a noun.
—Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983) American Inventor, Philosopher
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
It is the heart which experiences God, not the reason.
—Blaise Pascal (1623–62) French Mathematician, Physicist, Theologian
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