Moralities, ethics, laws, customs, beliefs, doctrines—these are of trifling import. All that matters is that the miraculous become the norm.
—Henry Miller (1891–1980) American Novelist
Don’t look for miracles. You yourself are the miracle.
—Henry Miller (1891–1980) American Novelist
Out of difficulties grow miracles.
—Jean de La Bruyere (1645–96) French Satiric Moralist, Author
There is nothing that God hath established in a constant course of nature, and which therefore is done every day, but would seem a Miracle, and exercise our admiration, if it were done but once.
—John Donne (1572–1631) English Poet, Cleric
There are no miracles for those that have no faith in them.
—French Proverb
To me every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle.
—Walt Whitman (1819–92) American Poet, Essayist, Journalist, American, Poet, Essayist, Journalist
A miracle is a work exceeding the power of any created agent, consequently being an effect of the divine omnipotence.
—Robert South (1634–1716) English Theologian, Preacher
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
Miracles are instantaneous; they cannot be summoned, but they come of themselves, usually at unlikely moments and to those who least expect them.
—Katherine Anne Porter (1890–1980) American Short-Story Writer, Novelist
The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.
—G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English Journalist, Novelist, Essayist, Poet
I have never seen a greater monster or miracle than myself.
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–92) French Essayist
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
To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
—Francois Mauriac (1885–1970) French Novelist
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
It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.
—Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born Physicist
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
For every mountain, there is a miracle.
—Robert H. Schuller (1926–2015) American Christian Televangelist, Author
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
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
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
The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it.
—John Burroughs (1837–1921) American Naturalist, Writer
For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don’t believe, no proof is possible.
—Unknown
The place where light and dark begin to touch is where miracles arise.
—Robert S. Johnson (1920–98) American Military Leader
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
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
Man is still the greatest miracle and the greatest problem on this earth.
—David Sarnoff (1891–1972) American Broadcaster, Businessman
Miracles are the swaddling clothes of infant churches.
—Thomas Fuller (1608–61) English Cleric, Historian
Impossible situations can become possible miracles.
—Robert H. Schuller (1926–2015) American Christian Televangelist, Author
Do not stand in a dangerous place trusting in miracles.
—Arabic Proverb
Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love. The real miracle is the love that inspires them. In this sense everything that comes from love is a miracle.
—Marianne Williamson (b.1952) American Activist, Author, Lecturer
Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature.
—C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) Irish-born British Academic, Author, Literary Scholar
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
Do anything, even the impossible; it may only take a little longer when a miracle is required.
—Unknown
Seeing, hearing, feeling, are miracles, and each part and tag of me is a miracle.
—Walt Whitman (1819–92) American Poet, Essayist, Journalist, American, Poet, Essayist, Journalist
Don’t believe in miracles—depend on them.
—Laurence J. Peter (1919–90) Canadian-born American Educator, Author
If the grace of God miraculously operates, it probably operates through the subliminal door.
—William James (1842–1910) American Philosopher, Psychologist, Physician
Hope for a miracle, but don’t depend on one.
—The Talmud Sacred Text of the Jewish Faith
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
To me every hour of the light and dark is a miracle. Every cubic inch of space is a miracle.
—Walt Whitman (1819–92) American Poet, Essayist, Journalist, American, Poet, Essayist, Journalist
The visible mark of extraordinary wisdom and power appear so plainly in all the works of creation.
—John Locke (1632–1704) English Philosopher, Physician
Only believe in the faith of a woman as you would believe in miracles.
—German Proverb
Miracle me no miracles.
—Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish Novelist
The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
The miracle on earth are the laws of heaven.
—Jean Paul (1763–1825) German Novelist, Humorist
A miracle is an event which creates faith. That is the purpose and nature of miracles. Frauds deceive. An event which creates faith does not deceive: therefore it is not a fraud, but a miracle.
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish Playwright
Miracles are ceased, and therefore we must needs admit the means how things are perfected.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
A good religion does not need miracles.
—Japanese Proverb
Pregnancy is a kind of miracle. Especially so in that it proves that a man and woman can conspire to force God to create a new soul.
—Robert Anton Wilson (1932–2007) American Polymath, Essayist, Novelist, Philosopher, Playwright
Miracles seldom occur in the lives of those who do not consider them possible.
—Neale Donald Walsch (b.1943) American Spiritual Writer
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