He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.
God is known by many names. And in the last analysis God's names were as many as human beings.
God will not be God, if He allowed Himself to be the object of proof by His creatures.
If God is not a personal being for me like my earthly father, He is infinitely more.
If God is vast and boundless as the ocean, how can a tiny drop like man imagine what He is?
My firm belief is that he reveals Himself daily to every human being but we shut our ears to the still small Voice.
The purer I try to become, the nearer I feel to be to God.
All the religions of the world describe God pre-eminently as the Friend of the friendless, Help of the helpless, and Protector of the weak.
"Do not worry in the least about yourself, leave all worry to God" this appears to be the commandment in all religions.
He is no God who merely satisfies the intellect, if He ever does.
Meditation is waiting on God.
Religion is entirely a personal matter. Each one could approach his Creator as he liked.
That which impels man to do the right thing is God.
God is silent. Now if only man would shut up.
My core message is that God has got a good plan for your lives, and we must trust Him, and let go of the past. That's my main message.
God and all attributes of God are eternal.
These last few days I've felt Godless. I've felt cleaner, less muddled, less blind. I still believe in a God. But he's so remote, so cold, so mathematical. I see that we have to live as if there is no God. Prayer and worship and singing hymns-all silly and useless.
God is an oppressor, He is incapable of human sympathy; behind a smiling face He hides an evil heart.
Religion is based on the insistence that over and above all is a purpose and a guiding hand that is beneficent and kind, and would not leave a hair unnumbered or let a sparrow fall unnoticed to the ground. Those who cherish such hallucinations forget that the all-loving power is inflicting tuberculosis, cancer, famine, and pestilence on the trusting, simple sons of men.
God has His own way of choosing His instruments.
Man would indeeded be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.
Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God.
"God does not give us more than we can handle," I am told but I wonder if God doesn't overestimate me just a little. Or perhaps, and this is likely, I underestimate God.
God created marriage. No government subcommittee envisioned it. No social organization developed it. Marriage was conceived and born in the mind of God.
Of the Divine character of the Bible, I think, no man who deals honestly with his own mind and heart can entertain a reasonable doubt, For myself, I must say, that having for many years made the evidences of Christianity the subject of close study, the result has been a firm and increasing conviction of the authenticity and plenary inspiration of the Bible. It is indeed the Word of God.
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