“ We all long for Eden, and we are constantly glimpsing it: our whole nature at its best and least corrupted, its gentlest and most human, is still soaked with the sense of exile. J.R.R. Tolkien
“ They found grace out in the desert, these people who survived the killing.Israel, out looking for a place to rest, met God out looking for them!God told them, I've never quit loving you and never wi… Anonymous
“ The practice of the presence of God, though we begin it at special times of prayer, is designed to spill out and over and into all times. Peter Kreeft
“ The fact the enemies of God must face is that modern civilization has conquered the world, but in doing so has lost its soul. And in losing its soul it will lose the very world it gained. Even our own… Fulton J. Sheen
“ Religion is about integration, about successfully bringing the selfish ego into line with the centre of the personality where God exists, as a divine spark, in every human being. Religion is about hel… Susan Howatch
“ People believe in God because they don't have any other explanation for things that happen. Jodi Picoult
“ Once upon a time there was a young prince who believed in all things but three. He did not believe in princesses, he did not believe in islands, he did not believe in God. His father, the king, told h… John Fowles
“ My master then, assuming he is solitary, in my image, wishes me well, poor devil, wishes my good, and if he does not seem to do very much in order not to be disappointed it is because there is not ver… Samuel Beckett
“ Let me tell you about gods, said Wiggin. No matter how smart or strong you are, there's always somebody smarter or stronger, and when you run into somebody who's stronger and smarter than anybody, you… Orson Scott Card
“ If God is omnipotent and omniscient, why didn't he start the universe out in the first place so it would come out the way he wants? Why's he constantly repairing and complaining? No, there's one thing… Carl Sagan
“ I tell of hearts and souls and dances...Butterflies and second chances;Desperate ones and dreamers bound,Seeking life from barren ground,Who suffer on in earthly fateThe bitter pain of agony hate,Migh… Karen Kingsbury
“ I have always been a firm believer in God and the power of prayer, though to be honest, my faith has made for alist of questions I definitely want answered after I'm gone. Nicholas Sparks
“ I can tell you only that beauty cannot be expressed or explained in a theory or an idea, that it moves by its own law, that it is God’s way of comforting His broken children. Mark Helprin
“ I bought a piece of God, ground to dust and mixed with alcohol in a glass bottle the colour of molasses. Craig Clevenger
“ Even a nonbeliever might find it useful to model himself after God. Very useful, in fact. Cormac McCarthy
“ Don't think you can frighten me by telling me that I am alone. France is alone. God is alone. And the loneliness of God is His strength. George Bernard Shaw
“ Dollars had once gathered like autumn leaves on the wooden collection plates; dollars were the flourishing sign of God's specifically American favor, made manifest in the uncountable millions of Carne… John Updike
“ Because of this Christian materialism, a catholic postmodernism (or postmodern catholicity) affirms sacramentality on two levels. On the one hand, it affirms a general sacramentality: the whole world… James K.A. Smith
