Grant me, O God, strength and courage to restrain the desires of my heart, that I may be free to possess you, Amen.
-Jesus Christ
Quotations
God
A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he by himself is powerless to do anything.
-Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Love is the firstborn, loftier than the gods, fathers and men. You, O Love, are the eldest of all, altogether mighty. To you we pay homage!...
-Vedas "Atharva Veda"
Food to a large extent is what holds a society together and eating is closely linked to deep spiritual experiences.
-Peter Farb "Peter Farb and George Armelagos"
You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.
-Anne Lamott
The young do not need God, and the old cannot find Him.
-Mignon McLaughlin
"The Second Neurotic's Notebook"
God is as present as the air.
-Michael Holding
Without God, life is like a school without a teacher. It is a wire with no current passing through it; it is a body with no soul.
-Sathya Sai Baba "Sri Sathya Sai Baba"
The just is close to the people's heart, but the merciful is close to the heart of God.
-Khalil Gibran
God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.
-Voltaire
