Quotes about God

“For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel.”

“I can honestly say I am a Christian, but my spirituality has been developed on the road and is based on my experiences with God.”

“And God said, 'Let there be light' and there was light, but the Electricity Board said He would have to wait until Thursday to be connected.”

“God gives every bird his worm, but He does not throw it into the nest.”

“Alas, I think I am becoming a god.”

“In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all.”

“What do we have to do to make God love us?' I always grew up with that. I always used to go around thinking that. 'God loved the white people better. He must've. That's why he made them white.'”

“Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.”

“We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing.”

“I die the king's faithful servant, but God's first.”

“Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.”

“Rumi, who is one of the greatest Persian poets, said that the truth was a mirror in the hands of God. It fell, and broke into pieces. Everybody took a piece of it, and they looked at it and thought they had the truth.”

“A fast is not a hunger strike. Fasting submits to God's commands. A hunger strike makes God submit to our demands.”

“Ministers should not pray so loud, and long, as to exhaust the strength. It is not necessary to weary the throat and lungs in prayer. God's ear is ever open to hear the heart-felt petitions of his humble servants, and he does not require them to wear out the organs of speech in addressing him.”

“God is day and night, winter and summer, war and peace, surfeit and hunger.”

“Before me, even as behind, God is, and all is well.”

“God forgive you, but I never can.”

“If there is no God, everything is permitted.”

“I was blessed with certain gifts and talents and God gave them to me to be the best person I can be and to have a positive impact on other people.”

“Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.”

“I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.”