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 Leader, Humanitarian, Writer
To Be is to live with God.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
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
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
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
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
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
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
God is a verb, not a noun.
—Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983) American Inventor, Philosopher
Walk boldly and wisely… There is a hand above that will help you on.
—Philip James Bailey (1816–1902) English Poet
Before me, even as behind, God is, and all is well.
—John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–92) American Quaker Poet, Abolitionist
Gawd knows, and ‘E won’t split on a pal.
—Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) British Writer, Poet, Novelist, Short Story Author
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
When we lose God, it is not God who is lost.
—Unknown
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 talk about frnding God, as if He could get lost.
—Unknown
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
The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
No man hates God without first hating himself.
—Fulton J. Sheen (1895–1979) American Catholic Theologian
Every conjecture we can form with regard to the works of God has as little probability as the conjectures of a child with regard to the works of a man.
—Thomas Reid (1710–96) Scottish Philosopher, Clergyman
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
God delays but doesn’t forget.
—Spanish Proverb
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
The experience of God, or in any case the possibility of experiencing God, is innate.
—Alice Walker (b.1944) American Novelist, Activist
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
Because you cannot see him, God is everywhere.
—Yasunari Kawabata (1899–1972) Japanese Novelist, Short Story Writer
Is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul.
—Jean Paul (1763–1825) German Novelist, Philosopher
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) German-born Protestant Theologian
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