Quotes about god
god-love persons
For he who loves God without faith reflects on himself, while the person who loves God in faith reflects on God. Soren Kierkegaard
god children father
Father in Heaven! When the thought of thee wakes in our hearts let it not awaken like a frightened bird that flies about in dismay, but like a child waking from its sleep with a heavenly smile. Soren Kierkegaard
god prayer doe
Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays. Soren Kierkegaard
god faith nature
The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays. Soren Kierkegaard
god religious saints-and-sinners
God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does what is still more wonderful: he makes saints out of sinners. Soren Kierkegaard
god thinking law
One universe made up all that is; and one God in it all, and one principle of being, and one law, the reason shared by all thinking creatures, and one truth. Marcus Aurelius
god men able
God is able to do more than man can understand. Thomas a Kempis
gods-will good-will assistance
Do what lieth in thy power, and God will assist in thy good will. Thomas a Kempis
god humble humility
A humble knowledge of ourselves is a surer way to God than is the search for depth of learning. Thomas a Kempis
god people purpose
The intention which is fixed on God as its only end will keep people steady in their purposes, and deliver them from being the joke and scorn of fortune. Thomas a Kempis
god angel men
You are a man, not God; you are human, not an angel. How can you expect to remain always in a constant state of virtue, when this was not possible even for an angel of Heaven, nor for the first man in the Garden? Thomas a Kempis
god men propose
Man proposes, but God disposes. Thomas a Kempis
god winning thee
Let nothing disturb thee, Let nothing affright thee; All passeth away: God only shall stay. Patience wins all: Who hath God, needeth nothing; For God is his All. Thomas a Kempis
god wise strong
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
god goodness goodness-of-god
There is no creature so small and abject, that it representeth not the goodness of God. Thomas a Kempis
god thee
God deceiveth thee not. Thomas a Kempis
god men propose
Man proposes, but God disposes. [Lat., Nam homo proponit, sed Deus disponit.] Thomas a Kempis
godly acceptance upset
If God were our one and only desire we would not be so easily upset when our opinions do not find outside acceptance. Thomas a Kempis
god thinking giving
Don't think so much about who is for or against you, rather give all your care, that God be with you in everything you do. Thomas a Kempis
god infinite-intelligence world
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 ... It is mathematical in its precision. Thomas A. Edison
god men ruins
A man is a god in ruins. Ralph Waldo Emerson
god bystanders shining
Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful; every heroic act is also decent, and causes the place and the bystanders to shine. Ralph Waldo Emerson
god faith religious
God enters by a private door into every individual. Ralph Waldo Emerson
god thinking people
I think forcing people to uncover their head is as tyrannical as forcing them to cover it. Mustafa Akyol
god pure
God is pure, and the same to all. Swami Vivekananda
god names different
It is not that Christ is superior to Allah, not that Allah is everything and Brahma is nothing, but it is the same one whom you call either Brahma or Allah, or Almighty, or by a hundred other names. The names are different but God is one and the same. Swami Vivekananda
god flower names
In whatever name or form they are offered, all these flowers are laid at God's feet, for He is the one Lord of all, the one Soul of all souls. Swami Vivekananda
god ocean rivers
God is one the paths to reach him (religions) are many - just as different rivers, originating in different mountains, traverse different paths, flowing straight or crooked, and at last join the ocean. He is the one Lord of all, the one Soul of all souls. Swami Vivekananda
god art pride
There is but one soul throughout the universe, all is but one existence - "Thou art in the woman, thou in the man, thou in the young man walking in the pride of youth, thou in the old man tottering on his stick - thou art All - in all, in everything, and I am thee, because I am made from thee." Swami Vivekananda
god principles creation
Since everything emanates from God, he is the embodied principle in every being. Each one of us is made from God. Tat twam asi - "You are That One" who is eternally blissful, that one principle manifesting itself as this variety of Creation. Swami Vivekananda
god soul spirituality
Realize your true nature. That is all there is to do. Know yourself as you are - infinite Spirit. That is practical religion. Everything else is impractical, for everything else will perish. Swami Vivekananda
god men inspire
It may be that I shall find it good to get outside of my body - to cast it off like a disused garment. But I shall not cease to work! I shall inspire men everywhere, until the world shall know that it is one with God. Swami Vivekananda
god soul atman
Even the lowest of the low have the Atman (Soul) inside, which never dies and never is born, immortal, without beginning or end, the all pure, omnipotent and omnipresent Atman! Swami Vivekananda