Quotations about God

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"It must be Jehu, son of Nimshi, for he driveth like a madman."
 -God,
in 2 Chronicles 9:12
 
"Earth's crammed with Heaven,
And every common bush afire with God,
But only he who sees takes off his shoes -
The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries.
"
 -Elizabeth Barrett Browning,
in "Aurora Leigh"
 
"Why is it that when we speak to God we are said to be praying, but when God speaks to us we are said to be schizophrenic?"
 -Jane Wagner,
in Lily Tomlin in "Tomlin: The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe",
1986
 
"If your thoughts and passions were directly present to me, like my own, without any mark of externality or otherness, how should I distinguish them from mine? ... You may reply, as a Christian, that God (and Satan) do, in fact, affect my consciousness in this direct way without signs of "externalility." Yes: and the result is that most people remain ignorant of the existence of both."
 -C. S. Lewis,
in The Problem of Pain,
1962
 
"The whole law of human existence lies in this: that man be able to bow down before the infinitely great."
 -Fyodor Dostoevski,
Author
 
"I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, but through me."
 -Jesus Christ,
Messiah, Savior, and Lord,
in John 14:6
 
"On my honor, I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country, to obey the Scout Law, to help other people at all times, and to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight."
 -Boy Scouts of America,
in "Scout Oath"
 
"A Scout is Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean, and Reverent."
 -Boy Scouts of America,
in "Scout Law"
 
"Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition."
 -Dixie Chicks,
in "Sin Wagon"
 
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
 - "The Pledge of Allegiance"
 
"God does not play dice."
 -Albert Einstein,
Nobel laureate and international physicist
 
"Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee
And I'll forgive Thy great big one on me."
 -Robert Frost,
Poet
 
"Look, would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?"
 -Douglas Adams,
Writer,
in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
 
"We're on a mission from God."
 -Elwood J. Blues,
in "The Blues Brothers"
 
"God sells us all things at the price of labor."
 -Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519),
Italian painter, sculptor and inventor
 
"God doesn't require us to succeed; he only requires that you try."
 -Mother Teresa (1910 - 1997),
Missionary, Nobel Peace Prize winner
 

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