To uphold righteousness, so supreme an act did he perform; he gave his head, but did not utter a word of sorrow. For the sake of righteousness, he did this great heroic deed; he laid down his life but not the principles… Guru Tegh Bahadur broke his earthly vase on the head of the Emperor of Delhi – and went to the abode of God.
I hadn't stopped believing in God. I'd just stopped believing God cared. There might be a God, and there might be not. Either way, we're on our own.
-Cassandra Clare
"City of Bones"
The soul may ask God for anything, and never fail.
-Annie Dillard
"Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters"
The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers to me his existence.
-Voltaire
The just is close to the people's heart, but the merciful is close to the heart of God.
-Khalil Gibran
Devotion to God’s Name is my lamp; In this lamp is poured the oil of suffering. The light of realisation burns away this oil…Vast loads of firewood are reduced to ashes by a tiny spark of fire.
Food to a large extent is what holds a society together and eating is closely linked to deep spiritual experiences.
From the solemn gloom of the temple children run out to sit in the dust. God watches them play and forgets the priest.
I consider him to be a true believer of God, who no matter what happens...has
the capacity to cheerfully accept it there and then, as the will of God.
-Deep Trivedi
God has no religion.
-Mahatma Gandhi
