The soul may ask God for anything, and never fail.
-Annie Dillard
"Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters"
Quotations
God
In order to know who you are you need to know who God is.
-Annette Hoggs Jackson
People do not know what the name of God can do. Those who repeat it constantly alone know its power. It can purify your mind completely…
-A Spiritual Leader "Swami Ramdas"
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
In our culture we have such respect for musical instruments; they are like part of God.
-Pandit Ravi Shankar "Pandit Ravi Shankar"
No God in this world can be so narrow-minded that he needs to be appeased by
sycophancy or worship, and if he does gets pleased and favours you, then he
cannot be God... He can only be the devil.
-Deep Trivedi
God doesn’t need to punish us. He just grants us a long enough life to punish ourselves.
-Barbara Kingsolver
"The Poisonwood Bible"
To uphold righteousness, so supreme an act did he perform; he gave his head, but did not utter a word of sorrow. For the sake of righteousness, he did this great heroic deed; he laid down his life but not the principles… Guru Tegh Bahadur broke his earthly vase on the head of the Emperor of Delhi – and went to the abode of God.
-A Spiritual Leader "Guru Gobind Singh"
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"
It is difficult to know why God reveals Himself to some and plays the game of hide-and-seek with others.
-Baba Ram Dass
