988 private quotes tagged god

“You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements.” — William Butler Yeats

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“God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor.” — Samuel Butler

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“God does not play dice.” — Albert Einstein

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“An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.” — Thomas Fuller

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“We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves.” — George Eliot

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“Not only is there no God, but try finding a plumber on Sunday.” — Woody Allen

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“Where mercy, love, and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too.” — William Blake

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“Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter.” — Ansel Adams

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“The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him.” — Blaise Pascal

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“I shall never believe that God plays dice with the world.” — Albert Einstein

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“God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave.” — Francis Bacon

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“God, as Truth, has been for me a treasure beyond price. May He be so to every one of us.” — Mahatma Gandhi

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“Music is the art of the prophets and the gift of God.” — Martin Luther

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“It is incomprehensible that God should exist, and it is incomprehensible that he should not exist.” — Blaise Pascal

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“God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.” — Francis Bacon

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“And so there is no God but has been in the loins of past gods.” — Samuel Butler

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“If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before paying much attention to him.” — Samuel Butler

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“We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise.” — Plato

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“I'm not denyin' the women are foolish. God Almighty made 'em to match the men.” — George Eliot

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“Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it.” — Josh Billings

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“God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the fountain of all being. In Him exists everything that is.” — Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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“Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble in a statue the marble must be like flesh.” — Victor Hugo

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“I believe that nothing happens apart from divine determination and decree. We shall never be able to escape from the doctrine of divine predestination - the doctrine that God has foreordained certain people unto eternal life.” — Charles Spurgeon

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“Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.” — Lee Iacocca

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“We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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