God

There are matters in the Bible, said to be done by the express commandment of God, that are shocking to humanity and to every idea we have of moral justice. – Thomas Paine

When God desires to destroy a thing, he entrusts its destruction to the thing itself. Every bad institution of this world ends by suicide. – Victor Hugo

Theology is a science of mind applied to God. – Henry Ward Beecher

Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful life unto God. – Henry Ward Beecher

The dog was created specially for children. He is a god of frolic. – Henry Ward Beecher

Sabbath – a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh. – Ambrose Bierce

Just as in earthly life lovers long for the moment when they are able to breathe forth their love for each other, to let their souls blend in a soft whisper, so the mystic longs for the moment when in prayer he can, as it were, creep into God. – Soren Kierkegaard

To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god. – Napoleon Bonaparte

If the grace of God miraculously operates, it probably operates through the subliminal door. – William James

We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low. – Desmond Tutu

A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair. – Abraham Joshua Heschel

Not only does God play dice, but… he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen. – Stephen Hawking

The Bible tells us that God will meet all our needs. He feeds the birds of the air and clothes the grass with the splendor of lilies. How much more, then, will He care for us, who are made in His image? Our only concern is to obey the heavenly Father and leave the consequences to Him. – Charles Stanley

Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune all these are names of the one and selfsame God. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

A universe with a God would look quite different from a universe without one. A physics, a biology where there is a God is bound to look different. So the most basic claims of religion are scientific. Religion is a scientific theory. – Richard Dawkins

Healing rain is a real touch from God. It could be physical healing or emotional or whatever. – Michael W. Smith

Communism has decided against God, against Christ, against the Bible, and against all religion. – Billy Graham

Conscience is God present in man. – Victor Hugo

If God treats you well by teaching you a disastrous lesson, you never forget it. – Ray Bradbury

The first step toward finding God, Who is Truth, is to discover the truth about myself: and if I have been in error, this first step to truth is the discovery of my error. – Thomas Merton