Quotes About Divine

While man experienced time as a progression, from unknown past to unknowable future, to God the entire course of history was eternally present

Is he nuts? I think the expression used to be 'touched by God'. So that would be a yes.

Why did God create mankind? Because God likes stories.

Abraham didn't say, "What do you want?" He didn't say, "Yes?" He answered with a statement: "Here I am." Whatever God needs or wants, Abraham is wholly present for Him, without conditions or reservations or need for explanation.

The animals are those things that God likes but doesn't love.

He said, Let there be light. And there was darkness.

Is this why you think you are chosen by God, because only you can understand the funnies that you make about yourself?

The burning bush must not be consumed.

Waarom? Omdat god de plagiaris liefheeft. Niet voor niets staat geschreven: 'En God schiep de mens naar Zijn beeld; naar het beeld van God schiep Hij hem.' God is de eerste aller plagiarissen. [...] Dus als wij plagiaat plegen, scheppen wij in feite 'naar het beeld van' en dragen we bij aan de vervolmaking van de schepping.

God has determined to steer what He hates in a direction that He loves!

True wisdom is found ins trusting God when you can't figure things out.

This sin-stained planet would have ripped apart at the seams long ago were it not for the restraining hand of God.

He was very religious; he believed that he had a secret pact with God which exempted him from doing good in exchange for prayers and piety.

I cannot combine some characters dhcmrlchtdj which the divine Library has not foreseen and which in one of its secret tongues do not contain a terrible meaning. No one can articulate a syllable which is not filled with tenderness and fear, which is not, in one of these languages, the powerful name of a god. To speak is to fall into tautology.

I prayed aloud, less to plead for divine favor than to intimidate the tribe with articulate speech.

God is more generous than men and will measure them by a different standard.

it is also said that it takes the shape of a man pointing to both heaven and earth, in order to show that the lower world is the map and mirror of the higher

God moves the player, and he, the piece. Which god behind God begets the plot Of dust and time and dream and agonies.

To be immortal is commonplace; except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are ignorant of death; what is divine, terrible, incomprehensible, is to know that one is immortal

Dios mueve al jugador, y éste, la pieza. ¿Qué dios detrás de Dios la trama empieza de polvo y tiempo y sueño y agonías?

Giuda cercò l'Inferno, perché la felicità del Signore gli bastava. Pensò che la felicità, come il bene, è un attributo divino, cui non devono usurpare gli uomini.

Fecho os olhos e vejo um bando de pássaros. A visão dura um segundo ou talvez menos; não sei quantos pássaros vi. Era definido ou indefinido o seu número? [...] Se Deus existe, o número é definido, porque Deus sabe quantos pássaros vi. Se Deus não existe, o número é indefinido, pois ninguém conhecerá ao certo a sua conta.

pero en mi niñez he visto hombres viejos que largamente se ocultaban en las letrinas, con unos discos de metal en un cubilete prohibido, y débilmente remedaban el divino desorden.

Desmentir que hay un Dios es afirmar la certeza del concepto divino, pues de lo contrario ignoraríamos cuál es la idea derruida por la negación precitada y por carencia de palabras nuestra negación no podría ni formularse. (Acerca de Unamuno, poeta - Inquisiciones)