“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.”
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“Only God who made us can touch us and change us and save us from ourselves.”
“We say keep your change, we'll keep our God, our guns, our constitution.”
“I am not trying to change the world. I am just offering my gift that God gave me, and if somebody is moved by it, that's beautiful.”
“We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus but our ideas about Santa Claus change, mature and become more nuanced, whereas our ideas of God can remain at a rather infantile level.”
“Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means of communication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.”
“I'm grateful to God for His bountiful gifts... He gave me courage and faith in myself.”
“God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.”
“Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how.”
“Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.”
“I made a decision when my father passed away that I was going to be who God made me to be and not try to preach like my father.”
“Suicide is man's way of telling God, 'You can't fire me - I quit.'”
“Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!”
“If you believe in God, believe in Death Row East.”
“You hear a lot about God these days: God, the beneficent God, the all-great God, the Almighty God, the most powerful God, the giver of life God, the creator of death. I mean, we're hearing about God all the time, so we better learn how to deal with it. But if we know anything about God, God is arbitrary.”
“I look forward to death with great anticipation, to meeting God face to face.”
“I thank my God for graciously granting me the opportunity of learning that death is the key which unlocks the door to our true happiness.”
“Some of us can be examples about going ahead and growing, and some of us, unfortunately, don't make it there, and end up being examples because they had to die. I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn't death.”
“In giving us children, God places us in a position of both leadership and service. He calls us to give up our lives for someone else's sake - to abandon our own desires and put our child's interests first. Yet, according to His perfect design, it is through this selflessness that we can become truly fulfilled.”
“As all human beings are, in my view, creatures of God's design, we must respect all other human beings. That does not mean I have to agree with their choices or agree with their opinions, but indeed I respect them as human beings.”
“If people destroy something replaceable made by mankind, they are called vandals if they destroy something irreplaceable made by God, they are called developers.”
“We must return to nature and nature's god.”
“I know it's an experience that I need to have if God's putting me through it.”
“I deepen my experience of God through prayer, meditation, and forgiveness.”