All Quotes By Tag: God

“Everyone knows that God protects drunkards and lovers.”

“God’s ways are higher than our ways not because he is less compassionate than we are but because he is more compassionate than we can ever imagine.”

“I mean that the reason God seems to act in ways that make no sense to us is that our perceptions are wrong. Our expectations are subtly twisted. We long for things that harm us and run from the things that grow and heal us. We think good is bad and bad is good. God acts rightly, but to us, it seems confusing. Or sometimes plain wrong.”

“We don’t know the Devil’s side of the story, because God wrote all the books.”

“It is straightforward—and never mind, for now, about plagues and famines: if God existed, and if he cared for humankind, he would never have given us religion.”

“It is an absurdity to believe that the Deity has human passions, and one of the lowest of human passions, a restless appetite for applause”

“Think of God and not religion, of ecstasy and not mysticism. The difference between the theoretician of faith and the believer is as great as between the psychiatrist and the psychotic.”

“Dr. Keller begins pacing. “I don’t think we’ve been hearing Faith just right. Her guard…the words..they sound alike.”What do you mean?”Your daughter,” Dr. Keller says flatly. “I think she’s seeing God.”

“The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your love, O Lord, endures forever – do not abandon the works of your hands.”

“There is no sin too great for God’s grace. There is no habit too big for his healing. There is no label too strong for his love.”

“God can and will break the labels that have held you hostage.”

“Don’t feel bad about feeling bad. Don’t be frightened of feeling afraid. Don’t be angry about getting angry. There is no need to give up when we are feeling depressed. Nor should we be dismayed at the grief which often accompanies the outgrowing of anything which needs outgrowing. We can be glad that our soul is speaking to us and pushing us onwards. We frequently need to persevere with a period of inner turmoil before the dust can settle and be swept out the door.”

“We were all born to be peaceful citizens of the world. Take care of your global garden and do not allow evil gardeners to try and convince you which flowers are ugly and which should be destroyed. This is God’s universe and he is the master gardener of all. If you see ugliness in his creations, then you see ugliness in our Creator. Wake up. If we eliminate all colors in his garden, then what would be a rainbow with only one color? And what would be a garden with only one kind of flower? Why would the Creator create a vast assortment of plants, ethnicities, and animals, if only one beast or seed is to dominate all of existence?”

“Don’t worry when you meet opposition for obeying God. Worry when you don’t have opposition, because you’re probably not obeying God.”

“The Divine Voice is not always expressed in words. It is made known as a heart-consciousness.”