Prayer is when you talk to God; meditation is when you listen to God.
-Diana Robinson
Prayer is when you talk to God; meditation is when you listen to God.
-Diana Robinson
All things belong to God, as do all places. I am forever a sacrifice to God.
On the Disc, the Gods aren't so much worshipped, as they are blamed.
-Terry Pratchett
"The Color of Magic"
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.
I have found God, but he is insufficient.
-Henry Miller
"Tropic of Cancer"
If God is to be defined in one sentence, then 'God' is the elementary force
prevailing with all its three dimensions...that is, law, energy and desire for
evolution, in each and every atom of this existence.
-Deep Trivedi
God Himself told me that the most basic and central truth of the universe is that God is the Father and we are His children. We are all created as children of God.
Far better it is for you to say: I am a sinner, than to say: I have no need of religion. The empty can be filled, but the self-intoxicated have no room for God.
-Fulton J. Sheen
"Seven Words of Jesus and Mary: Lessons from Cana and Calvary"
When a man in the process of dreaming becomes conscious that he is dreaming, he is no longer identified with the phenomena; he is not affected exultantly or dolefully. God consciously dreams His cosmic play and is unaffected by its dualities.
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"