People who cease to believe in God or goodness altogether still believe in the devil... Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult.
-Anne Rice
"Interview with the Vampire"
Quotations
God
God doesn’t need to punish us. He just grants us a long enough life to punish ourselves.
-Barbara Kingsolver
"The Poisonwood Bible"
If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion.
-Edmond De Goncourt
From the solemn gloom of the temple children run out to sit in the dust. God watches them play and forgets the priest.
-Rabindranath Tagore "Rabindranath Tagore"
Realise your oneness with God, remaining continually intent on identifying with its nature, and joyfully drink the bliss of God within, for what use is there in other, empty things?
-Adi Shankara "Adi Shankara"
A virtuous person fears God without being afraid of him.
-Immanuel Kant
To uphold righteousness, so supreme an act did he perform; he gave his head, but did not utter a word of sorrow. For the sake of righteousness, he did this great heroic deed; he laid down his life but not the principles… Guru Tegh Bahadur broke his earthly vase on the head of the Emperor of Delhi – and went to the abode of God.
-A Spiritual Leader "Guru Gobind Singh"
It is true that in each particle of the existence, there is a reflection of God. But
then it is difficult to understand, why temples exist separately?
-Deep Trivedi
He is the living One; there is no god but He: call upon Him, giving Him sincere devotion.
-Quran "Quran 40.65"
The cycle of God, the good, is broken by a single act of negativity. The cycle of negativity is stopped by choosing the good.
-John Morton "John Morton"
