God waits to win back his own flowers as gifts from man's hands.
-Rabindranath Tagore
"Stray Birds"
God waits to win back his own flowers as gifts from man's hands.
-Rabindranath Tagore
"Stray Birds"
The artist must be in his work as God is in creation, invisible and all-powerful; his presence should be felt everywhere, but he should never be seen.
-Gustave Flaubert
I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't.
-Jules Renard
He who trusts in God and makes an honest living to share with others and injures no one, nor harbours ill will against another need perform no other rituals.
Lord, give us joy in our families, and make us models for the rest.
I do not believe in God and I am not an atheist.
-Albert Camus
"Notebooks 1951-1959"
Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.
-Alan Watts
Christ was crucified once, but his teachings suffer crucifixion every day at the hands of men of limited vision. Christ’s teachings cannot be understood just by reading the Bible…but by living and trying out in everyday life the principles taught in the book.
God has no religion.
People who cease to believe in God or goodness altogether still believe in the devil... Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult.
-Anne Rice
"Interview with the Vampire"