Quotes About God

Einstein occasionally used "God" as a metaphor for the unknown fundamental laws of nature.

The theologian Paul Tillich once observed that among scientists only physicists seem capable of using the word "God" without embarrassment. Whatever one's religion or lack of it, it is an irresistible metaphor to speak of the final laws of nature in terms of the mind of God.

Science and technology benefit each other, but at its most fundamental level science is not undertaken for any practical reason. Though science has nothing to say one way or the other about the existence of God or an afterlife, its goal is to find explanations of natural phenomena that are purely naturalistic. Science is cumulative; each new theory incorporates successful earlier theories as approximations, and even explains why these approximations work, when they do work.

I think God's going to come down and pull civilization over for speeding.

If God dropped acid, would he see people?

There are moments of despair that come sometimes, when night sets in and a white fog presses against the windows. Then our house changes its shape, rears up and becomes a place of despair. Then fear and rage run simply--and the thought of Death as a friend. This is the simplest of thoughts, that Death must come when we call, although he is a god.

Oh, I say, if we were meant to come back to God, why were we sent out, why were we sent away? I wish for innocence more than anything, but I am conscious only of corruption.

And it is this merry heart, he goes on to explain, and how it must be cantered in God, for this merry heart has a holy lightness that has nothing to do with outside excitements, no, it is centred in God and happy, because it knows that not all of itself can be good, or anything, but only in and through God.

Blood scared them now. The god of blood had come visiting and put his mark upon them. He had murdered the God with no name and desecrated His chapel.

Tamara, Shemyaza is a god, but he is also a man. Do not be foolish and allow his glamour to bewitch you. It is vital you remain in control. Love him as the Prince of Light, but despise the Adam in him. You, in some respects, are more powerful than he, for you are female. I am relying on you.

Life aboard the beast was bizarre; the creature rocked from side to side, or undulated, but very soon the rhythm of it became compelling, needed. The Roughtys called it Beraftiel; they considered it to be a god, although they knew that a few generations forward, it would die and have to be burned and eaten. Then a new god would have to be found, or the family would die out.

He will shape a new god, in the image of his own fear, and he will make resentful enemies, where before there were only resigned puppets.

We have yearned for one another because we are just parts of a sundered soul. The soul is big, so big. Perhaps it belongs to a fragmented god, and there may be good reason why it fragmented. I don't know.

Light was provided by baskets of burning bones. Skulls grinned from niches in the wall, presiding over offerings of braided, hairy plant-roots, which suggested the temple was still in use for all its appearance of neglect. On the far side of the chamber, bowls of lighted oil on the floor illuminated a ragged curtain, which was drawn across an alcove. Ays experienced a deep feeling of recognition. He knew that he was in the home of a god, and that he had been here before.

Well, what I wanted was a little peace to commune with the spirit of the god, and I find my meditations violated by a prancing soulscaper.

Yesterday you spoke of prayers to appease your god, and no interference in divine activity. In fact, you reprimanded me. Now, I am essential. Your turns of mind confuse me, Q'orveh.

We will never be happy until we make God the source of our fulfillment and the answer to our longings. He is the only one who should have power over our souls.

The most important thing we can pray about for others is that they will know God better and that He will help them understand His will, grow in spiritual wisdom, and live lives that honor Him. We can pray that they will become more like Him and bear the fruit of His Spirit.

My dreams had to be His dreams, the ones He placed in my heart. They couldn't be the ones I thought I should have, or needed for the purpose of making other people like me.

There's only one power in the world great enough to help us rise above the difficult things we face: the power of God.

If you want to determine if your thoughts are from the enemy or from God, ask yourself, 'Are these thoughts I'd choose to have?

rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you" (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18).

As prayer warriors, we must remember that no matter how hopeless a situation may appear to us, God gives us power in prayer to do something about it. We may be overwhelmed by it, but God isn't. We may not see a way out, but God can. Because of Him, we can make a difference!

How you respond to the enemy of your soul determines whether his plan for your life or God's plan for your life is realized.