God doesn’t need to punish us. He just grants us a long enough life to punish ourselves.
-Barbara Kingsolver
"The Poisonwood Bible"
God doesn’t need to punish us. He just grants us a long enough life to punish ourselves.
-Barbara Kingsolver
"The Poisonwood Bible"
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 Guru believes in one God. They believe that all the gurus are the same as Nanak
Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious. One must practice the virtues taught in such books in order to acquire love of God.
God waits to win back his own flowers as gifts from man's hands.
-Rabindranath Tagore
"Stray Birds"
Life is like a book with three chapters. Two are already written by God - Birth and Death. The chapter in the middle is empty; fill it with your smile, love and faith.
The essence of the offering is that it be analogous to the sin, and that a man offer to God his desires and passions, for this is more acceptable than all.
So India’s problem turns out to be the world’s problem. What happened in India has happened in God’s name.
The problem’s name is God.
-Salman Rushdie
"The Satanic Verses"
Sincerity is a soul quality that God has given to every human being, but not all express it.
The cycle of God, the good, is broken by a single act of negativity. The cycle of negativity is stopped by choosing the good.