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
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
Far better it is for you to say: I am a sinner, than to say: I have no need of religion. The empty can be filled, but the self-intoxicated have no room for God.
-Fulton J. Sheen
"Seven Words of Jesus and Mary: Lessons from Cana and Calvary"
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.
Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear.
-Thomas Jefferson
The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them.
-Swami Vivekananda
A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he by himself is powerless to do anything.
-Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Food to a large extent is what holds a society together and eating is closely linked to deep spiritual experiences.
Your idol is shattered in the dust to prove that God's dust is greater than your idol.
-Rabindranath Tagore
The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him.
-Socrates
God waits to win back his own flowers as gifts from man's hands.
-Rabindranath Tagore
"Stray Birds"