Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.
-Thomas Paine
Quotations
God
You have come from God, you are a spark of His Glory, you are a wave of that Ocean of Bliss; you will get peace only when you again merge in Him.
-Sathya Sai Baba "Sri Sathya Sai Baba"
Because God has made us for Himself, our hearts are restless until they rest in Him.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
God is not the name of God, but an opinion about Him.
-Pope Sixtus I
"The Ring"
God has no religion.
-Mahatma Gandhi
Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious. One must practice the virtues taught in such books in order to acquire love of God.
-Ramakrishna Paramahamsa "Ramakrishna Paramahansa"
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
People who cease to believe in God or goodness altogether still believe in the devil... Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult.
-Anne Rice
"Interview with the Vampire"
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"
God waits to win back his own flowers as gifts from man's hands.
-Rabindranath Tagore
"Stray Birds"
