Quotes about Creation

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the Earth, " the long out-of-print science fiction writer went on.

A world without time would be a world without God, a world existing in and by itself, without renewal, without a Creator.

To observe the seventh day does not mean merely to obey or to conform to the strictness of a divine command. To observe is to celebrate the creation of the world and to create the seventh day all over again, the majesty of holiness in time, "a day of rest, a day of freedom," a day which is like "a lord and king of all other days," 17 a lord and king in the commonwealth of time.

Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.

When all work is brought to a standstill, the candles are lit. Just as creation began with the word, Let there be light ! so does the celebration of creation begin with the kindling of lights. It is the woman who ushers in the joy and sets up the most exquisite symbol, light, to dominate the atmosphere of the home.

He is in need of the work of man for the fulfillment of His ends in the world.

The ultimate concept in Greek philosophy is the idea of cosmos, of order; the first teaching in the Bible is the idea of creation. Translated into eternal principles, cosmos means fate, while creation means freedom. The essential meaning of creation is not the idea that the universe was created at a particular moment in time. The essential meaning of creation is, as Maimonides explained, the idea that the universe did not come about by necessity but as a result of freedom.

It is, indeed, a unique occasion at which the distinguished word qadosh is used for the first time: in the Book of Genesis at the end of the story of creation. How extremely significant is the fact that it is applied to time: "And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy." There is no reference in the record of creation to any object in space that would be endowed with the quality of holiness.

The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he made so many of them.

God must have loved the plain people; He made so many of them.

Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.

She looked at a microscope and saw a creator God. Chad looked at a microscope and saw man's scientific advances.