I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't.
-Jules Renard
Quotations
God
The artist must be in his work as God is in creation, invisible and all-powerful; his presence should be felt everywhere, but he should never be seen.
-Gustave Flaubert
The only God worth talking about is a God that cannot be talked about.
-Walter Kaufmann
You ask: what is the meaning or purpose of life? I can only answer with another question: do you think we are wise enough to read God's mind?
-Freeman Dyson
"The Meaning of Life"
Burnt offerings, sacred feasts, intense meditations, puja and taking millions of cleansing baths at sacred shrines of pilgrimage: the merits of all these can be obtained by enshrining Lord within your heart for a fraction of a second.
-Sri Guru Granth Sahib "Guru Granth Sahib"
It is difficult to discuss the beginning of the Universe without mentioning the concept of God… It is quite possible that God acts in ways that cannot be described by scientific laws. But in that case one would just have to go by personal belief.
-Stephen Hawking "Stephen Hawking"
God does not test you because he knows you completely - your past, present and future.
-Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
God can never be a definition. He is more than even the entirety of the dictionary.
-Terri Guillemets
Every people have gods to suit their circumstances.
-Henry David Thoreau
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
