Quotes About Divine

The ending of Jesus' life in John is completely different than in Mark. In Mark, Jesus' last breath was a loud death cry from exhaustion and torment. In the Gospel of John, Jesus right to the very end maintains his dignity and balance, and remains centered in divine being. With his last breath, Jesus simply says, "It is finished." Jesus has lived out his destiny; he's played his part well, and he has no regrets.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." [John 1:1, NIV, ESV]

God loves to help him who strives to help himself.

Favours come to us from gods.

From a just fraud God turneth not away.

To him that toileth God oweth glory, child of his toil.

God ever works with those that work with will.

Long tarries destiny, but comes to those who pray.

Good fortune is a god among men, and more than a god.

God planteth in mortal men the cause of sin whensoever he wills utterly to destroy a house.

God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard.

Whenever a man makes haste, God too hastens with him.

God always strives together with those who strive.

My friends, whoever has had experience of evils knows how whenever a flood of ills comes upon mortals, a man fears everything but whenever a divine force cheers on our voyage, then we believe that the same fate will always blow fair.

God's mouth knows not how to speak falsehood, but he brings to pass every word.

When a man's willing and eager, the gods join in.

Zeus, first cause, prime mover; for what thing without Zeus is done among mortals?

God conceals himself from the mind of man, but reveals himself to his heart.

There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will.

And so could you know it if you would only use the brains the good God has given you. Sometimes I really am tempted to believe that by inadvertence, He passed you by.

You say your life is your own. But can you dare to ignore the chance that you are taking part in a gigantic drama under the orders of a divine Producer? Your cue may not come till the end of the play--it may be totally unimportant, a mere walking-on part, but upon it may hang the issues of the play if you do not give the cue to another player. The whole edifice may crumple. You as you, may not matter to anyone in the world, but you as a person in a particular place may matter unimaginably.

Really, my friend! But I will not sit back and say 'le bon Dieu has arranged everything, I will not interfere.' Because I am convinced that le bon Dieu created Hercule Poirot for the express purpose of interfering. It is my métier.

I think there's something heavenly about numbers, anyway.

An unfairness of the good God,