Quotes about god

"He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep - pain that cannot forget; Falls drop by drop upon the heart, And in our own despite, against our will, Comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God."

Aeschylus on god
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"I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human beings become more affluent, as their living standard and style begin to ascend the material scale, God descends the scale of responsibility at a commensurate speed."

Angelou, Maya on god
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"With God, what is terrible is that one never knows whether it's not just a trick of the devil."

Anouilh, Jean on god   

"God is Love, we are taught as children to believe. But when we first begin to get some inkling of how He loves us, we are repelled; it seems so cold, indeed, not love at all as we understand the word."

Auden, W. H. on god
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"God brings men into deep waters not to drown them, but to cleanse them."

Aughey, John H. on god
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"I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within."

Augustine, St. on god   

"I went to the root of things, and found nothing but Him alone."

Bai, Mira on god
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"People see God every day; they just don't recognize Him."

Bailey, Pearl on god
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"We know all their gods; they ignore ours. What they call our sins are our gods, and what they call their gods, we name otherwise."

Barney, Natalie Clifford on god   

"To place oneself in the position of God is painful: being God is equivalent to being tortured. For being God means that one is in harmony with all that is, including the worst. The existence of the worst evils is unimaginable unless God willed them."

Bataille, Georges on god
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"How can one better magnify the Almighty than by sniggering with him at his little jokes, particularly the poorer ones."

Beckett, Samuel on god   

"The bastard! He doesn't exist!"

Beckett, Samuel on god   

"And now Israel, what does the Lord your God require from you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul. [Deuteronomy 10:12]"

Bible on god   

"But from there you will seek the Lord you God and you will find Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul. [Deuteronomy 4:29]"

Bible on god   

"For now we see through a glass darkly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then shall I know even as also I am known. [I Corinthians]"

Bible on god
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"God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should repent; has he not said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good? [Numbers 23:19]"

Bible on god   

"Oh the depth of both the wisdom and riches of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways beyond understanding."

Bible on god   

"A god who let us prove his existence would be an idol."

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich on god
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"What preoccupies us, then, is not God as a fact of nature, but as a fabrication useful for a God-fearing society. God himself becomes not a power but an image."

Boorstin, Daniel J. on god
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"To speak of God, to think of God, is in every respect to show what one is made of. I have always wagered against God and I regard the little that I have won in this world as simply the outcome of this bet. However paltry may have been the stake (my life) I am conscious of having won to the full. Everything that is doddering, squint-eyed, vile, polluted and grotesque is summoned up for me in that one word: God!"

Breton, Andre on god   

"All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold."

Brookner, Anita on god
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"God hears no more than the heart speaks; and if the heart be dumb, God will certainly be deaf."

Brooks, Thomas on god
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"Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God."

Bruce, Lenny on god
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"If someone were to prove to me -- right this minute -- that God, in all his luminousness, exists, it wouldn't change a single aspect of my behavior."

Bunuel, Luis on god   

"I think there are innumerable gods. What we on earth call God is a little tribal God who has made an awful mess. Certainly forces operating through human consciousness control events."

Burroughs, William S. on god
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"As you know, God is generally on the side of the big squadrons against the small ones."

Bussy-Rabutin, Comte De on god   

"If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before paying much attention to him."

Butler, Samuel on god   

"The one thing that a fish can never find is water; and the one thing that man can never find is God."

Butterworth, Eric on god   

"God can only do for you what He can do through you."

Butterworth, Eric on god
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"Fundamentalists believe Jesus was God becoming man. I believe that Jesus was man becoming God."

Butterworth, Eric on god
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"Whether or not God is dead: it is impossible to keep silent about him who was there for so long."

Canetti, Elias on god   

"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."

Carter, Angela on god   

"When I was young, I said to God, god, tell me the mystery of the universe. But God answered, that knowledge is for me alone. So I said, god, tell me the mystery of the peanut. Then God said, well, George, that's more nearly your size."

Carver, George Washington on god
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"The history of all the great characters of the Bible is summed up in this one sentence: They acquainted themselves with God, and acquiesced His will in all things."

Cecil, Richard on god   

"Man appoints, and God disappoints."

Cervantes, Miguel De on god   

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"Though God's attributes are equal, yet his mercy is more attractive and pleasing in our eyes than his justice."

Cervantes, Miguel De on god   

"If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire."

Churchill, Winston on god
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"God: a disease we imagine we are cured of because no one dies of it nowadays."

Cioran, E. M. on god   

"A civilization is destroyed only when its gods are destroyed."

Cioran, E. M. on god   

"All the gods are dead except the god of war."

Cleaver, Eldridge on god