How tired God must be of guilt and loneliness, for that is all we ever bring to Him.
-Mignon McLaughlin
"The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960"
Quotations
God
Your idol is shattered in the dust to prove that God's dust is greater than your idol.
-Rabindranath Tagore
God brings men into deep waters, not to drown them, but to cleanse them.
-James H. Aughey
God can never be a definition. He is more than even the entirety of the dictionary.
-Terri Guillemets
The gods and demons were rivals of each other. The demons, swollen with pride, said, “In what, pray, should we place the oblation?” And they proceeded to place it in their own mouths.
-Scriptures "Satapata Brahmana"
Forgive me for being so ordinary while claiming to know so extraordinary a God.
-Jim Elliot
All things belong to God, as do all places. I am forever a sacrifice to God.
-Vedas "Atharva Veda"
You ask: what is the meaning or purpose of life? I can only answer with another question: do you think we are wise enough to read God's mind?
-Freeman Dyson
"The Meaning of Life"
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
It is better to have God over your shoulder, than carry the world alone on your back.
-Anthony Liccione
