Perhaps history is a thing that would stop happening if God held His breath, or could be imagined as turning away to think of something else. – Herbert Butterfield, Christianity and History

One needs occasionally to stand aside from the hum and rush of human interests and passions to hear the voices of God. – Anna Julia Cooper

If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another. – Epicurus