He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
Quotations
God
Forgive me for being so ordinary while claiming to know so extraordinary a God.
-Jim Elliot
God... a being whose only definition is that he is beyond man's power to conceive.
-Ayn Rand
To whom praise and blame are equal, who is silent, content with every fortune, home-renouncing, steadfast in mind, and worships Me, that person is dear to me.
-Srimad Bhagavad Gita "Bhagwad Gita 12.15-19"
The best reply to an atheist is to give him a good dinner and ask him if he believes there is a cook.
-Louis Nizer
Set your faces towards unity, and let the radiance of its light shine upon you. Gather ye together, and for the sake of God resolve to root out whatever is the source of contention among you. Then will the effulgence of the world’s great Luminary envelop the whole earth, and its inhabitants become citizens of one city, and the occupants of one and the same throne.
-Baha’u’llah "Baha’u’llah 111"
Food to a large extent is what holds a society together and eating is closely linked to deep spiritual experiences.
-George Armelagos "Peter Farb and George Armelagos"
We strive to be God's worthy audience.
-Terri Guillemets
Any fool can count the seeds in an apple. Only God can count all the apples in one seed.
-Robert H. Schuller
The soul may ask God for anything, and never fail.
-Annie Dillard
"Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters"
