God’s purpose in creating the universe was to feel happiness when He saw the purpose of goodness fulfilled in the Heavenly Kingdom, which the whole of Creation, including man, could have established.
-Scriptures "Divine Principle I.1.3.1"
God’s purpose in creating the universe was to feel happiness when He saw the purpose of goodness fulfilled in the Heavenly Kingdom, which the whole of Creation, including man, could have established.
God: The most popular scapegoat for our sins.
-Mark Twain
Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name.
The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him.
-Socrates
God doesn’t need to punish us. He just grants us a long enough life to punish ourselves.
-Barbara Kingsolver
"The Poisonwood Bible"
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 has given you one face, and you make yourself another.
-William Shakespeare
If God is to be defined in one sentence, then 'God' is the elementary force
prevailing with all its three dimensions...that is, law, energy and desire for
evolution, in each and every atom of this existence.
-Deep Trivedi
If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.
-Woody Allen
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"