Quotes about God
Looking for God-or Heaven-by exploring space is like reading or seeing all Shakespeare's plays in the hope that you will find Shakespeare as one of the characters.
— CS Lewis
The declaration which says that God visits the sins of the fathers upon the children is contrary to every principle of moral justice.
— Thomas Paine
You are under-qualified for the job of God.
— Timothy Keller
We don't need answers and explanations as much as we need God's presence in and through the suffering.
— Tullian Tchividjian
There is no devil in the first two chapters of the Bible and no devil in the last two chapters. Thank God for a book that disposes of the devil!
— Vance Havner
A person who wholly follows the Lord is one who believes that the promises of God are trustworthy, that He is with His people, and that they are well able to overcome.
— Watchman Nee
Try first thyself, and after call in God; For to the worker God himself lends aid.
— Euripides
Justice is like the kingdom of God--it is not without us as a fact, it is within us as a great yearning.
— George Eliot
Our God is so wonderfully good, and lovely, and blessed in every way that the mere fact of belonging to Him is enough for an untellable fullness of joy!
— Hannah Whitall Smith
Everything that God created is potentially holy, and our task as humans is to find that holiness in seemingly unholy situations. When we can do this, we will have learned to nurture our souls.
— Harold S. Kushner
Our efforts to disconnect ourselves from our own suffering end up disconnecting our suffering from God's suffering for us. The way out of our loss and hurt is in and through.
— Henri Nouwen
I couldn't have asked for more than God in deliberate grace has surprised me with!
— Jim Elliot