Quotes about god
god-knows knows petty
So I started out for God knows where. I guess I'll know when I get there. Tom Petty
god-exists
There is a God. God exists. Sinead O'Connor
god literature sacred
I had never believed in the sacred nature of literature. God had died when I was fourteen ... Simone de Beauvoir
god views giving
In relation to God, we are like a thief who has burgled the house of a kindly householder and been allowed to keep some of the gold. From the point of view of the lawful owner this gold is a gift; Form the point of view of the burglar it is a theft. He must go and give it back. It is the same with our existence. We have stolen a little of God's being to make it ours. God has made us a gift of it. But we have stolen it. We must return it. Simone Weil
god contemplating one-thing
We can only know one thing about God - that he is what we are not. Our wretchedness alone is an image of this. The more we contemplate it, the more we contemplate him. Simone Weil
god facts god-is-there
We must love all facts, not for their consequences, but because in each fact God is there present. Simone Weil
god long heaven
We cannot take a single step toward heaven. It is not in our power to travel in a vertical direction. If however we look heavenward for a long time, God comes and takes us up. Simone Weil
god wall communication
Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means of communication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link. Simone Weil
god world language
The world is God's language to us. Simone Weil
god matter impossible
It is only the impossible that is possible for God. He has given over the possible to the mechanics of matter and the autonomy of his creatures. Simone Weil
god forgiving crime
If we forgive God for his crime against us, which is to have made us finite creatures, He will forgive our crime against him, which is that we are finite creatures. Simone Weil
god spiritual law
Because the Soul is not made of matter, since it is spiritual, it cannot obey the laws of matter, it cannot be judged by the laws of matter. Swami Vivekananda
god real men
Without birth or death, eternal, ever-existing, free, unchangeable and beyond all conditions is this Soul of man - the real Self of Man - the Atman. Swami Vivekananda
god loneliness heart
God has spoken very boldly about his desire to be a presence in our lives. If I want to heal the ache and loneliness in my own life, one of the things I need to do is get away, alone with God. . . . In the silence God will speak to you most powerfully. Too often his words to us get muffled, lost, or covered by the crowd of many noises both inside and outside of us. We must have a quiet heart in order to hear God's distinctive message to us. Tim Hansel
god existence manifestation
All existence is a manifestation of God. Sri Aurobindo
god believe soul
They proved to me by convincing reasons that God does not exist; Afterwards I saw God, for he came and embraced me. And now what am I to believe- the reasoning of others or my own experience? Truth is what the soul has seen and experienced; the rest is appearance, prejudice and opinion. Sri Aurobindo
god mind intelligence
Small minds cannot grasp great subjects. St. Jerome
god eye light
When I could not see the light with my blind eyes, I blamed not my eyes, but the sun. St. Jerome
god humorous universe
A God who cannot smile, could not have created this humorous universe. Sri Aurobindo
god heart men
The beckoning Hands Of God's hopeful Smile Will, without fail, one day greet The fruitful cries Of man's prayerful heart. Sri Chinmoy
god light dust
If you are bathed In God's Forgiveness-Light, Then no dust of earth Will be able to cling to you. Sri Chinmoy
god fire needs
Outer fire we need to cook. Inner fire we need to liberate. God's Fire we need to love. Sri Chinmoy
god perfect looks
If you find it difficult to love the human in someone, then love the divine in him or her. The divine in that person is God. God exists in that person just as God exists in you. To love God is extremely easy because God is divine and perfect. Each time you look at an individual, if you can consciously become aware of God's existence in him or her, then you will not be disturbed by his or her imperfections or limitations. Sri Chinmoy
god able praying
Everybody has God inside, but not everybody is able to see God within. One can see God only when one cries for Him. Those who cry for God and pray to God can realise God. Sri Chinmoy
god men oneness
There is no yawning gulf between man and God. Through his aspiration and meditation, Man can become conscious of his oneness with God. Sri Chinmoy
god vision definitions
God is beyond definition. But according to one's own vision or receptivity, one will define God in one's own way. Some will say that God is all Love. Others will say that God is all Power. Each one will see God according to his own necessity, his own receptivity and, finally, according to the way God wants him to see the ultimate Truth. Sri Chinmoy
god pain humorous
Nothing like a little chest pain to restore your faith. Ray Romano
god support independence
And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor. Thomas Jefferson
god atheist people
When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called a Religion. Robert M. Pirsig
god crazy world
God makes the world not out of necessity but by a divine Whim, and the world he makes is a whimsically romantic place. We're all crazy about each other because we're made in the image of Someone who's been crazy about us. Robert Farrar Capon
god sides
God is always on the side of the heaviest battalions. Voltaire
god christian believe
To believe in God is impossible not to believe in Him is absurd. Voltaire
god military war
God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best. Voltaire