All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Quotations
God
A person once asked me in a provocative manner, if I approved of homosexuality. I replied with another question: “Tell me, when God looks at a gay person, does he endorse the existence of this person with love, or reject and condemn this person?” We must always consider the person.
-Pope Francis "Pope Francis"
Heaven means to be one with God.
-Confucius
God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
God doesn’t need to punish us. He just grants us a long enough life to punish ourselves.
-Barbara Kingsolver
"The Poisonwood Bible"
To you, I’m an atheist. To God, I’m the loyal opposition.
-Woody Allen "Woody Allen"
Perfection is the exclusive attribute of God, and it is indescribable, untranslatable. I do believe that it is possible for human beings to become perfect, even as God is perfect. It is necessary for all of us to aspire after that perfection but when that blessed state is attained, it becomes indescribable, indefinable.
-Mahatma Gandhi "Mahatma Gandhi"
Food to a large extent is what holds a society together and eating is closely linked to deep spiritual experiences.
-George Armelagos "Peter Farb and George Armelagos"
You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.
-Swami Vivekananda
God left so many fingerprints at the scene of creation that you wonder — does He want to be found, or does He want to be stopped?
-Robert Brault
