Quotes about God
It is a great folly to be willing to violate the friendship of God, rather than the law of human friendship.
— Teresa of Avila
Discontent with this world gives such a painful longing to quit it that, if the heart finds comfort, it is solely from the thought that God wishes it to remain here in banishment.
— Teresa of Avila
Do you suppose that God has any need of our works? What God needs is the resoluteness of our will.
— Teresa of Avila
The good God would not inspire unattainable desires.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
He that seeks here any other thing but simply God and the salvation of his soul, will find nothing but trouble and sorrow.
— Thomas a Kempis
Simplicity is the intention, purity in the affection; simplicity turns to God, purity unites with and enjoys him.
— Thomas a Kempis
The highest in God's esteem are the lowest in their own.
— Thomas a Kempis
A humble knowledge of ourselves is a surer way to God than is the search for depth of learning.
— Thomas a Kempis
What thou art, that thou art; that God knoweth thee to be and thou canst be said to be no greater.
— Thomas a Kempis
Grace is not a strange, magic substance which is subtly filtered into our souls to act as a kind of spiritual penicillin. Grace is unity, oneness within ourselves, oneness with God.
— Thomas Merton
The speech of God is silence. His Word is solitude.
— Thomas Merton
In our creation, God asked a question and in our truly living; God answers the question.
— Thomas Merton