Quotes about God
Lord, how Thou dost afflict Thy lovers!
- Teresa of Avila
In Heaven the good God will do all I wish, because I have never done my own will upon earth.
- St. Therese of Lisieux
Any error about creation also leads to an error about God.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
There must be must be a first mover existing above all — and this we call God.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
For although the will cannot be inwardly moved by any creature, yet it can be moved inwardly by God.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
A thing is lovable according as it is good. But God is infinite good. Therefore He is infinitely lovable.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
The Gospel is news of what God has done to reach us. It is not advice about what we must do to reach God.
- Timothy Keller
If God is treated as God during suffering, then suffering can reveal and present him in all his greatness.
- Timothy Keller
You should not begin to pray for all you want until you realize that in God you have all you need.
- Timothy Keller
The very fact that we have access to God's attention and presence should concentrate the thoughts and elevate the heart.
- Timothy Keller
The gospel shows a God far more holy than the legalist can bear, yet far more merciful than a humanist can conceive
- Timothy Keller
Nowhere in the Hebrew Scriptures does it say that God is omnipotent.
- Tony Campolo