“ To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made visible if we will open our minds and our eyes. Thomas Carlyle
“ It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of God, that the Bible describes. Thomas Paine
“ From the solemn gloom of the temple children run out to sit in the dust, God watches them play and forgets the priest. Rabindranath Tagore
“ Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them. Vincent McNabb
“ Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God - the rest will be given. Mother Teresa
“ Therefore, the church is not absolutely necessary as an object of faith, not even for us today, for then Abraham and the other prophets would not have given assent to those things which were revealed… William Ames
“ Seems like God don't see fit to give the black man nothing but dreams - but He did give us children to make them dreams seem worthwhile. Lorraine Hansberry
“ A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer, and shall pass into the immortal, as gently as we awake from dreams. Ralph Waldo Emerson
“ I hated the idea of a high school sweetheart. Growing up, oh my God, it just made me sick. I wanted to have a range of cool boyfriends. I wanted to travel around and date these interesting men. Then i… Charlotte Arnold
“ I have lost my seven best friends, which is to say God has had mercy on me seven times without realizing it. He lent a friendship, took it from me, sent me another. Jean Cocteau
“ Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us. Martin Luther
“ When the stars threw down their spearsAnd watered heaven with their tears:Did he smile his work to see?Did he who made the Lamb make thee?- William Blake
“ When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called a Religion. Robert M. Pirsig
“ When I tell other Christians of my time with the goddess, I think they expect me to characterize it as a period in my life when I was misguided, and that I have now thankfully come back to both Jesus… Nadia Bolz-Weber
