God doesn’t need to punish us. He just grants us a long enough life to punish ourselves.
-Barbara Kingsolver
"The Poisonwood Bible"
Quotations
God
The just is close to the people's heart, but the merciful is close to the heart of God.
-Khalil Gibran
God can never be a definition. He is more than even the entirety of the dictionary.
-Terri Guillemets
If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion.
-Edmond De Goncourt
Hear good things, see good, do good, think good, then you get the Grace of God, as all the evil tendencies will be uprooted.
-Sathya Sai Baba "Sri Sathya Sai Baba"
Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.
-Issac Newton
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?"
We strive to be God's worthy audience.
-Terri Guillemets
One who serves and seeks no recompense finds union with the Lord. Such a servant alone takes the Master’s guidance, says Nanak, As on him is divine grace.
-Scriptures "Adi Granth"
The soul may ask God for anything, and never fail.
-Annie Dillard
"Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters"
