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
Quotations
God
I think the reason we sometimes have the false sense that God is so far away is because that is where we have put him. We have kept him at a distance, and then when we are in need and call on him in prayer, we wonder where he is. He is exactly where we left him.
-Ravi Zacharias
"Has Christianity Failed You?"
A virtuous person fears God without being afraid of him.
-Immanuel Kant
It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to explain him.
-Joseph Joubert
The just is close to the people's heart, but the merciful is close to the heart of God.
-Khalil Gibran
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"
From the solemn gloom of the temple children run out to sit in the dust. God watches them play and forgets the priest.
-Rabindranath Tagore "Rabindranath Tagore"
Offer your gratitude to God. Then you will feel that inside you a sweet, fragrant and beautiful flower is growing. That is the flower of humility.
-Sri Chinmoy "Sri Chinmoy"
You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.
-Swami Vivekananda
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"
