We should give meaning to life, not wait for life to give us meaning.
—Unknown
Your idol is shattered in the dust to prove that God’s dust is greater than your idol.
—Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) Bengali Poet, Polymath
The experience of God, or in any case the possibility of experiencing God, is innate.
—Alice Walker (b.1944) American Novelist, Activist
Live among men as if God beheld you; speak to God as if men were listening.
—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian
The correct prayer is never one of supplication but one of gratitude.
—Neale Donald Walsch (b.1943) American Spiritual Writer
A baby is God’s opinion that life should go on.
—Carl Sandburg (1878–1967) American Biographer, Novelist, Socialist
It is better to allow our lives to speak for us than our words. God did not bear the cross only two thousand years ago. He bears it today, and he dies and is resurrected from day to day. It would be a poor comfort to the world if it had to depend on a historical God who died two thousand years ago. Do not, then, preach the God of history, but show him as he lives today through you.
—Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948) Indian Hindu Political leader
There is something in the nature of things which the mind of man, which reason, which human power cannot effect, and certainly that which produces this must be better than man. What can this be but God?
—Cicero (106BCE–43BCE) Roman Philosopher, Orator, Politician, Lawyer
Some one has said that in war providence is on the side of the strongest regiments. And I have noticed that providence is on the side of clear heads and honest hearts;—and wherever a man walks faithfully in the ways that God has marked out for him, providence, as the Christian says,—luck, as the heathen says,—will be on that man’s side.—In the long run you will find that God’s providence is in favor of those that keep his laws, and against those that break them.
—Henry Ward Beecher (1813–87) American Clergyman, Writer
If we really think about it, God exists for any single individual who puts his trust in Him, not for the whole of humanity, with its laws, its organizations, and its violence. Humanity is the demon which God does not succeed in destroying.
—Salvatore Satta (1902–75) Italian Jurist, Novelist
Genius is the union of man and God in the acts of the soul. Great men are always greater than their deeds. They are in connection with a reserve power that is without limit.
—Wallace Wattles (1860–1911) American New Thought Author
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
God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian
Whatever obstacles appear in your path, put your head down and get past them. Those obstacles aren’t real. They’re just God’s way of testing you. He’s asking you, “Do you want to make it or not?”
—Russell Simmons (b.1957) American Music Promoter
You are goodness and mercy and compassion and understanding. You are peace and joy and light. You are forgiveness and patience, strength and courage, a helper in time of need, a comforter in time of sorrow, a healer in time of injury, a teacher in times of confusion. You are the deepest wisdom and the highest truth; the greatest peace and the grandest love. You are these things. And in moments of your life you have known yourself to be these things. Choose now to know yourself as these things always.
—Neale Donald Walsch (b.1943) American Spiritual Writer
Any fool can count the seeds in an apple. Only God can count all the apples in one seed.
—Robert H. Schuller (1926–2015) American Christian Televangelist, Author
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
God will provide the victuals, but He will not cook the dinner.
—Anonymous
My God these fellows have done more work in one night than I could make my army do in three months.
—David McCullough (1933–2022) American Historian
Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember.
—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian
If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.
—Voltaire (1694–1778) French Philosopher, Author
God is day and night, winter and summer, war and peace, surfeit and hunger.
—Heraclitus (535BCE–475BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher
Mother goddesses are just as silly a notion as father gods. If a revival of the myths of these cults gives woman emotional satisfaction, it does so at the price of obscuring the real conditions of life. This is why they were invented in the first place.
—Angela Carter (1940–92) English Novelist
God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into the nest.
—Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819–81) American Editor, Novelist
God should be the object of all our desires, the end of all our actions, the principle of all our affections, and the governing power of our whole souls.
—Jean Baptiste Massillon (1663–1742) French Catholic Bishop, Preacher
Good morning, This is God. I will be handling all of your problems today. I will not need your help, so have a miraculous day.
—Wayne Dyer (1940–2015) American Self-Help Author
Thank you, God, for bringing me success in my life.
—Neale Donald Walsch (b.1943) American Spiritual Writer
What I believe about God is the most important thing about me.
—A. W. Tozer (1897–1963) American Pastor, Author, Editor
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
Life is God’s novel. Let him write it.
—Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902–91) Polish-born American Writer, Novelist, Short Story Writer
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