Quotes About God

The old woman who had given her lessons in what may be called the life of indigence, was a sainted spinster named Marguerite, who was pious with a true piety, poor and charitable towards the poor, and even towards the rich, knowing how to write just sufficiently to sign herself Marguerite, and believing in God, which is science.

Avaj! Šta su sve te sudbine tako gurnute i izmešane? Kuda idu? Zašto su takve? Onaj koji to zna vidi sav mrak. On je jedan. Zove se bog.

He did not think he discerned God in this manner of dying; let us say the whole, for these petty contradictions of great hearts must be indicated like the rest:

Pois a consciência ainda aperta com mais força! Quem quer viver feliz, senhor, não deve escutar a voz do dever, porque, uma vez ouvido torna-se implacável! Parece que nos quer castigar de a escutarmos; mas não, recompensa-nos, porque nos arremessa a um inferno, onde ao nosso lado sentimos Deus! Apenas rasgamos as entranhas, ficamos em paz connosco mesmos!

I do not understand how God, the father of men, can torture his children and his grandchildren, and hear them cry without being tortured himself.

The love, it comes in the beginning of her life and at the end of yours. God is cruel that way.

Love is a gift from God—what we do with it is up to us.

Time and again, she had returned to God, pleading for help, promising her faith. She wanted to believe that she was neither alone nor in charge, but rather that her life was unfolding according to His plan, even if she couldn't see it.....Now, though, such hope felt as slight and bendable as tin.....She was alone and there was no one else in charge, no one but the Nazis.

The love, it comes in the beginning of her life and at the end of yours. God is cruel that way. Your heart, is it too broken to love?" "Of course not." "So, you go on." She shrugged, as if to say, Motherhood. "What choice is there for us?

God gave us memories so that we might have roses in December. —JAMES M. BARRIE

But what good is safety if she has to grow up in a world where people disappear without a trace because they pray to a different God.

Yes, of course, but not only by believing in God. Prayers and faith will not be enough, I'm afraid. The path of righteousness is often dangerous. Get ready, Vianne. This is only your first test. Learn from it.

Ask for help when you need it, and give help when you can. I think that is how we serve God—and each other and ourselves—

In real life, she saw, it wasn't like that. It was sadness opening up inside of you, changing how you saw the world. It made her think about God and what He offered at times like this. She wondered for the first time what her parents believed in, what she believed in, and she saw how the idea of Heaven could be comforting.

about the simple joy of seeing sunshine through clean glass, golden, pure as the gaze of God, and how it could lift one's spirit.

When Elsa had lost her third child—a son who never drew breath—it was Rose who held Elsa and let her cry, and said, Some lives are not ours to hold on to; God makes His choices without us.

Una y otra vez había vuelto los ojos a Dios para pedirle ayuda, ofrecerle su fe. Quería creer que no estaba ni sola ni a cargo de nadie, sino que su vida se desarrollaba de acuerdo con Sus designios, incluso si ella no podía verlos. Ahora

Rachel había estado a su lado mientras enterraban a cada uno de sus hijos. Ahora Vianne tenía que enterrar a la hija de su mejor amiga. La mejor amiga de su hija. ¿Qué clase de Dios misericordioso podía permitir algo así?

Yes, of course, but not only by believing in God. Prayers and faith will not be enough, I'm afraid. The path of righteousness is often dangerous.

Yes. There is one God, and he lives in the sky, and he hears all of us. It is just that here on earth, we are confused about how to believe in him. But what does it matter, as long as we trust he is there?

One must never question God, Jerusza had always told her. It is our job on earth only to seek to understand him, never to doubt his will.

You can only do your part. You can do your best to strike a match in the darkness, to light the way. God is with you, always, and he sees what's in your heart.

But I think that broken hearts heal. I think that perhaps the only way through that kind of pain is to move forward. I think that losing people you love changes you forever, but I think that God finds a way to let the light in.

Sì, sono ebrea», dichiara. «ma sono anche cattolica.» Dopo una breve pausa aggiunge: «E anche musulmana». «Mamie, cosa vuoi dire?» domando, tentando di impedire alla mia voce di tremare. «Non sei musulmana.» «Non è la stessa cosa? È l'umanità a creare le differenze. Ma questo non significa che non sia sempre lo stesso Dio.»