God lets you be successful because he trusts you that you will do the right thing with it. Now, does he get disappointed often? All the time, because people get there and they forget how they got it.
God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon without gas.
There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet but we are shut up to them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and sing awhile upon the roof, and then fly away.
God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.
God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.
There are matters in the Bible, said to be done by the express commandment of God, that are shocking to humanity and to every idea we have of moral justice.
When God desires to destroy a thing, he entrusts its destruction to the thing itself. Every bad institution of this world ends by suicide.
I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have.
Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful life unto God.
Sabbath - a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh.
We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us.
You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle of your entire life and that with the help of divine grace you will observe these solemn vows that today, before God, you formulate.
My religion encompasses all religions. I believe in God, I believe in the universe. I believe you are god, I believe I am god I believe the earth is god and the universe is god. We're all god.
Just as in earthly life lovers long for the moment when they are able to breathe forth their love for each other, to let their souls blend in a soft whisper, so the mystic longs for the moment when in prayer he can, as it were, creep into God.
To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.
If the grace of God miraculously operates, it probably operates through the subliminal door.
Faith, mighty faith, the promise sees, And looks to God alone Laughs at impossibilities, And cries it shall be done.
We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.
A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.
Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.
The Bible tells us that God will meet all our needs. He feeds the birds of the air and clothes the grass with the splendor of lilies. How much more, then, will He care for us, who are made in His image? Our only concern is to obey the heavenly Father and leave the consequences to Him.
The god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God who does a wholesale, not a retail business. He cannot accommodate his processes to the convenience of individuals.
Your idol is shattered in the dust to prove that God's dust is greater than your idol.
Be strong, believe in freedom and in God, love yourself, understand your sexuality, have a sense of humor, masturbate, don't judge people by their religion, color or sexual habits, love life and your family.
Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.
Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune all these are names of the one and selfsame God.
A universe with a God would look quite different from a universe without one. A physics, a biology where there is a God is bound to look different. So the most basic claims of religion are scientific. Religion is a scientific theory.
Healing rain is a real touch from God. It could be physical healing or emotional or whatever.
As we become purer channels for God's light, we develop an appetite for the sweetness that is possible in this world. A miracle worker is not geared toward fighting the world that is, but toward creating the world that could be.
As the poet said, 'Only God can make a tree,' probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.
Communism has decided against God, against Christ, against the Bible, and against all religion.
You were made by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense.
If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?' about the good things that happened in my life.
My general attitude to life is to enjoy every minute of every day. I never do anything with a feeling of, 'Oh God, I've got to do this today.'
I am and always will be a sinner. But that's the beautiful thing about Jesus. I'll always try to be a better person in the eyes of God. But I'm not all of a sudden stepping up on a pedestal and saying I'm holier than thou, 'cause I'm not!
The first step toward finding God, Who is Truth, is to discover the truth about myself: and if I have been in error, this first step to truth is the discovery of my error.