Knowledge Of God Quotes

• Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

  Albert Einstein

  Love, Life, Motivational

  "Science, Philosophy, and Religion" (1940).

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• The Christian is strong or weak depending upon how closely he has cultivated the knowledge of God.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Christian, Strong, Weak

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• The true wisdom of man consists in the knowledge of God the creator and Redeemer.

  John Calvin

  Men, Creator, True Wisdom

  John Calvin (2013). “God the Redeemer: Institutes of The Christian Religion (Book 2)”, p.412, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• The chief purpose of life, for any of us, is to increase according to our capacity our knowledge of God by all means we have, and to be moved by it to praise and thanks.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Mean, Purpose, Thanks

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• True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.

  John Calvin

  Self, Two, True Wisdom

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• Intimate knowledge of God is possible if we habitually search His Holy Scriptures & translate what we find into obedience.

  George Muller

  Scripture, Obedience, Holy

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• Too many Christians are fighting graduate school sins with a grammar school knowledge of God.

  John Piper

  Christian, School, Fighting

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• The Bible is not an end in itself, but a means to bring men to an intimate and satisfying knowledge of God, that they may enter into Him, that they may delight in His Presence, may taste and know the inner sweetness of the very God Himself in the core and center of their hearts.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Bible, Prayer, Heart

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• No man can attain to the knowledge of God but by humility. The way to mount high is to descend.

  Giles of Assisi

  Faith, Inspiration, Humility

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• All true knowledge of God is born out of obedience.

  John Calvin

  Obedience, Born, True Knowledge

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• How can we turn our knowledge about God into knowledge of God? The rule for doing this is simple but demanding. It is that we turn each Truth that we learn about God into matter for meditation before God, leading to prayer and praise to God.

  J. I. Packer

  Prayer, Simple, Meditation

  J. I. Packer, Carolyn Nystrom (2009). “Knowing God Devotional Journal: A One-Year Guide”, p.16, InterVarsity Press

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• Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.

  Albert Einstein

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.188, Princeton University Press

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• A little knowledge OF God is worth more than a great deal of knowledge ABOUT him.

  J. I. Packer

  Littles, Loving God, Deals

  J. I. Packer, Carolyn Nystrom (2009). “Knowing God Devotional Journal: A One-Year Guide”, p.37, InterVarsity Press

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• The Bible is not an end in itself, but a means to bring men to an intimate and satisfying knowledge of God.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Mean, Men, Intimate

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• Of all treasures of knowledge, the most vital is the knowledge of God, his existence, powers, love, and promises.

  Spencer W. Kimball

  Promise, Treasure, Power Of Love

  Spencer W. Kimball (1982). “The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, Twelfth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints”

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• All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God.

  Voltaire

  God, Reality, Men

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• Without the knowledge of our wretchedness, the knowledge of God creates pride. With it, the knowledge of God creates despair. The knowledge of Christ offers a third way, because in him we find both God and our wretchedness.

  Blaise Pascal

  Hope, Pride, Despair

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• All the evils that men cause to each other because of certain desires, or opinions or religious principles, are rooted in ignorance. [All hatred would come to an end] when the earth was flooded with the knowledge of God.

  Maimonides

  Religious, Ignorance, Men

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• Knowledge of God's Word is a bulwark against deception, temptation, accusation, even persecution.

  Edwin Louis Cole

  God, Hype, Temptation

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• Because I am a Christian, therefore, every day in which I do not penetrate more deeply into the knowledge of God's Word in Holy Scripture is a lost day for me. I can only move forward with certainty upon the firm ground of the Word of God. And, as a Christian, I learn to know the Holy Scriptures in no other way than by hearing the Word preached and by prayerful meditation.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Christian, Moving, Meditation

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer, David McI. Gracie (2000). “Meditating on the Word”, p.22, Rowman & Littlefield

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• Until we have the right knowledge of God, the knowledge of self and our need for grace remains distorted.

  Steven J Lawson

  Self, Grace, Needs

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• Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

  William Shakespeare

  God, Ignorance, Knowledge

  William Shakespeare (1826). “Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.521

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• Let us not satisfy ourselves with a knowledge of God in the mass; a glance upon a picture never directs you to the discerning the worth and art of it.

  Stephen Charnock

  Art, Mass, Glances

  Stephen Charnock, Edward Parsons (1815). “The Works of the Late Rev. Stephen Charnock ... With a Prefatory Dedication and Memoir”, p.13

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• I often wonder if my knowledge about God has not become my greatest stumbling block to my knowledge of God.

  Henri Nouwen

  Block, Wonder, Stumbling

  Henri J. M. Nouwen (1981). “A cry for mercy: prayers from the Genesee”, Doubleday Books

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• The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him.

  Blaise Pascal

  Valentines Day, God, Knowledge

  Blaise Pascal (2015). “Pensees: Thoughts on Religion”, p.94, Letcetera Publishing

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