Quotes about God
It will be as well, I think, to explain these locutions of God, and to describe what the soul feels when it receives them.
— Teresa of Avila
Who God possesseth In nothing is wanting; Alone God sufficeth.
— Teresa of Avila
Prayer is the one thing that can conquer God
— Tertullian
Laws are essential emanations from the self-poised character of God; they radiate from the sun to the circling edge of creation. Verily, the mighty Lawgiver hath subjected himself unto laws.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Our dependence upon God ought to be so entire and absolute that we should never think it necessary, in any kind of distress, to have recourse to human consolations.
— Thomas a Kempis
One who views thing as they are in reality, and not as they are said or thought to be, is truly wise, taught by God rather than by other persons
— Thomas a Kempis
He rides pleasantly enough whom the grace of God carries.
— Thomas a Kempis
If thou wilt fly from God, the devil will lend thee both spurs and a horse.
— Thomas Adams
The closer we are to God, the closer we are to those who are close to him.
— Thomas Merton
To be unknown to God is altogether too much privacy.
— Thomas Merton
God Himself begins to live in me not only as my Creator but as my other and true self.
— Thomas Merton
God, have mercy on me in the blindness in which I hope I am seeking You!
— Thomas Merton