Quotes About God

Il y a des époques fatales où la prière, cet hymne naturel que Dieu a mis au fond du cÅ"ur de l'homme, devient suspecte aux yeux des hommes, car la prière est un acte d'espoir ou de reconnaissance.

but I, who have also been betrayed, assassinated and cast into a tomb, I have emerged from that tomb by the grace of God and I owe it to God to take my revenge. He has sent me for that purpose. Here I am.

taught him to read in that vast book opened over our heads which they call heaven, and where God writes in azure with letters of diamonds.

MY GOD!' read Monte Cristo, 'LET ME KEEP MY MEMORY!

Why does not God, if he really hates the wicked, as he is said to do, send down brimstone and fire, and consume them altogether?" "You

Live and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget that, until the day comes when God will deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is contained in these words: Wait and hope! Your friend, EDMOND DANTÈS, Count of Monte Cristo

But I lay aside that pride before God, who has taken me from nothing to make me what I am

So Dantès, who three months earlier had wanted nothing except freedom, felt already not free enough, but wanted wealth. It was not the fault of Dantès, but of God who, while limiting the power of man, has created in him infinite desires!

All charitable souls are requested to pray God for the sincere repentance of these two miserable creatures.

You cannot control circumstances, my dear sir; 'man proposes, and God disposes.

Alas, mother, there are people who have suffered greatly, and who did not die, but raised a new fortune on the ruins of all those promises of happiness that heaven had made to them, and on the debris of all the hopes that God had given them!

So, do live and be happy, children dear to my heart, and never forget that, until the day when God deigns to unveil the future to mankind, all human wisdom is contained in these two words: 'wait' and 'hope'!

Hush, La Carconte. It is God's pleasure that things should be so.

Contempt for flowers is an offence against God. The lovelier the flower, the greater the offence in despising it. The tulip is the loveliest of all flowers. So whoever despised the tulip offends God immeasurably.

Do you know what you have done, wise as you are? I have waited a month, which means I have suffered a month. I hoped-man is such a poor and miserable creature-I hoped, for what? I don't know: something unimaginable, absurd, senseless, a miracle...but what? God alone knows, for it was He who diluted our reason with that madness called hope.

The softness of your voice covers the hardness of your words. You speak of sacrilege, but the sacrilege is in the separation of hearts that God has formed for each other!

Vivam pois e sejam felizes, filhos do meu coração, e nunca esqueçam que até ao dia em que Deus se dignar desvendar o futuro ao homem, toda a sabedoria humana residirá nestas palavras: Esperar e ter esperança.

It is wicked of you to call on the wrath of God to satisfy your jealousy!

porque las oraciones para el hombre que es dichoso son a veces palabras vacías de sentido, hasta que el dolor viene a explicar al infortunio ese lenguaje sublime con que nos habla Dios.

Ainsi Dantès, qui, il y a trois mois, n'aspirait qu'à la liberté, n'avait déjà plus assez de la liberté et aspirait à la richesse; la faute n'en était pas à Dantès, mais à Dieu, qui, en bornant la puissance de l'homme, lui a fait des désirs infinis!

Oh, uomo! - mormorò d'Avrigny, - il più egoista di tutti gli animali, la più egocentrica di tutte le creature, che sempre crede che la terra giri, il sole splenda e la morte falci vite soltanto per lui, formica che maledice Dio dall'alto di un filo d'erba!

ma io, tradito, assassinato, gettato a mia volta in una tomba, ne sono uscito per grazia di Dio, e devo a Dio la mia vendetta: per questo mi manda, e sono qui.

Le comte jeta autour de lui un regard dont l'expression désespérée eût touché des tigres, mais il ne pouvait désarmer des juges ; puis il leva les yeux vers la voûte, et les détourna aussitôt, comme s'il eût craint que cette voûte, en s'ouvrant, ne fît resplendir ce second tribunal qui se nomme le ciel, cet autre juge qui s'appelle Dieu.

Because of the kind of life he had led, and because of the resolve he had made – and kept – not to shrink from anything, the count had managed to enjoy unknown pleasures in the struggle against nature, which is God, and against the world – which is, near enough, the Devil.