"Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the
soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees
but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen." The Talmud
"Earth's crammed with heaven,
And every common bush afire with God;
But only he who sees, takes off his shoes --
The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries. . . .
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) born on Mar 6, English poet.
"Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods." Ralph Waldo Emerson
(1803-1882)
"God, to me, it seems, is a verb, not a noun, proper or improper."
Richard Buckminster Fuller (1894-1983)
"I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been
answered." Jean Ingelow (1820-1897) born on Mar 17 English novelist
"People see God every day; they just don't always recognize him."
Pearl Bailey (1918-1990) Entertainer, minister
"Many aspire to serve God -- but only in an advisory capacity." -Anon.
"For all Gods are one God, and all the Goddesses are one Goddess, and
there is only one Initiator. And to every man his own truth, and the
God within."~Marion Zimmer Bradley-Mists of Avalon
"The Breath becomes a stone; the stone, a plant; the plant, an animal;
the animal, a man; the man, a spirit; and the spirit, a god." Kabbalah
(B.C.E. 1200?-700? C.E.)
"The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go
outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens,
nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it
should be." --Anne Frank
"The just is close to the people's heart, but the merciful is close to
the heart of God." --Kahlil Gibran (Spiritual Sayings of Kahlil
Gibran)
"Call on God, but row away from the rocks." -- Indian Proverb
"The day will come when, after harnessing the ether, the winds, the
tides and gravitation -- after all the scientific and technical
achievements, we shall harness for God the energies of love. And then,
on that day, for the second time in the history of the world, man will
have discovered fire!" -- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
"Beauty is one of the rare things that do not lead to doubt of God." *
Jean Anouilh
"I believe in the sun even though it is slow in rising. I believe in
you without realizing. I believe in rain though there are no clouds in
the sky. I believe in truth even though people lie. I believe in peace
though sometimes I am violent. I believe in God even though he is
silent." -Unknown
"Therefore be at peace with your god, whatever you conceive him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations in the noisy confusion of
life. Keep peace with your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and
broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be
happy." -Max Ehrman
"Nature is the glass reflecting God, as by the sea reflected is the
sun, too glorious to be gazed on in his sphere." Young (1683-1765)
"God is like a mirror. The mirror never changes, but everybody who
looks at it sees something different." ~ Rabbi Harold Kushner
"God cannot help those who do not seize opportunities." a.. Chinese
Proverb
"Women have had the power of naming stolen from us. We have not been
free to use our own power to name ourselves, the world, or God." Mary
Daly (1928-____) born on Oct 16 US theologian
"It is the creative potential itself in human beings that is the image
of God." Mary Daly (1928-____) born on Oct 16 US theologian
"God gave burdens, also shoulders." Yiddish Proverb
"And Then There's... Help yourself and God will help you." a.. Dutch
Proverb
"God gives us each a song." a.. Ute Proverb
"When the solution is simple, God is answering." -- Albert Einstein
"Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for
inspiration in the day's work. I follow in building the principles
which nature has used in its domain." Frank Lloyd Wright
"Listen, God love everything you love - and a mess of stuff you don't.
But more than anything else, God love admiration . . . I think it
pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere
and don't notice it." Alice Walker (1944-____) born on Feb 9 US author
"God is inside you and inside everybody else. But only them that
search for it inside find it. And sometimes it just manifest itself
even if you not looking, or don't know what you looking for. Trouble
for most folks be God ain't a he or a she, but a It." Alice Walker
(1944-____) born on Feb 9 US author
"They who are insulted but insult not back; who hear themselves
reproached but answer not; who serve out of love and rejoice in their
affliction - of them it is written in Scripture: "They that love God
are as the going forth of the sun in its might [Tenakh, Judges 6:31]."
- BT Yoma 23a, Gitin 36b, Shabat 88b
"When a man has compassion for others, God has compassion for him." ~
Talmud
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