Quotes about God
The stars are God's dreams, thoughts remembered in the silence of his night.
— Henry David Thoreau
The unconsciousness of man is the consciousness of God.
— Henry David Thoreau
My profession is to be always on the alert to find God in nature, to know his lurking-places, to attend all the oratorios, the operas in nature.
— Henry David Thoreau
Blessed are they who never read a newspaper, for they shall see Nature and, through her, God.
— Henry David Thoreau
No wealth can buy the requisite leisure, freedom, and independence which are the capital in this profession. It comes only by the grace of God. It requires a direct dispensation from Heaven to become a walker. You must be born into the
— Henry David Thoreau
Let them wander and scrutinize the outlandish Australians. I have more of God, they more of the road.
— Henry David Thoreau
so long as the interest of the whole society requires it, that is, so long as the established government cannot be resisted or changed without public inconvenience, it is the will of God … that the established government be obeyed—and no longer. This principle being admitted, the justice of every particular case of resistance is reduced to a computation of the quantity of the danger and grievance on the one side, and of the probability and expense of redressing it on the other.
— Henry David Thoreau
So the role of the Holy Spirit is not to bring God's presence to the world, but to reveal it.
— Henry Blackaby
When God speaks, he does not give new revelation about himself that contradicts what he has already revealed in Scripture. Rather, God speaks to give application of his Word to the specific circumstances in your life. When God speaks to you, he is not writing a new book of Scripture; rather, he is applying to your life what he has already said in his Word.
— Henry Blackaby
Baptism, worship attendance, and church involvement are all appropriate, obedient responses to a relationship with God. However, they do not create or replace the relationship.
— Henry Blackaby
Biblically, God always gives the assignment first. Then God equips the person by the Holy Spirit to accomplish what He assigns.
— Henry Blackaby
God always has a fresh and deeper truth He wants us to learn about Him.
— Henry Blackaby