All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to bed, and wakes them in the morning.
-Henry David Thoreau
Quotations
God
The sincere devotee loves God deeply whether he is non-active and silently meditating on God, or in the midst of a whirl of outer activities.
-A Spiritual Leader "Paramahansa Yogananda"
I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't.
-Jules Renard
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.
-Ramakrishna Paramahamsa "Ramakrishna Paramahansa"
Burnt offerings, sacred feasts, intense meditations, puja and taking millions of cleansing baths at sacred shrines of pilgrimage: the merits of all these can be obtained by enshrining Lord within your heart for a fraction of a second.
-Sri Guru Granth Sahib "Guru Granth Sahib"
You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
-Bible "Matthew 5.48"
God brings men into deep waters, not to drown them, but to cleanse them.
-James H. Aughey
God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.
-Voltaire
God laughs when two brothers divide their land with a string, saying to each other, ‘This side is mine and that side is yours.’ He laughs and says to Himself, ‘The whole universe belongs to me, but they say they own this portion or that portion.’
-Ramakrishna Paramahamsa "Ramakrishna Paramahamsa"
You will never cease to be the most amazed person on earth at what God has done for you on the inside.
-Oswald Chambers
"My Utmost for His Highest: Traditional Updated Edition"
