Quotes 661 till 680 of 1428.
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In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.
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In the nineteenth century the problem was that God is dead. In the twentieth century the problem is that man is dead.
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In this theater of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers-on.
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In tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction.
― St. John of the Cross
Spanish mystic, a Roman Catholic saint, a Carmelite friar and a priest (1542 - 1591) -
In what way can a man believing in God cease believing due to his personal vanity? There are only two ways. The man should either begin to think himself a rival of God, or he may begin to believe himself to be God.
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Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just.
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India’s problem turns out to be the world’s problem. What happened in India has happened in God’s name. The problem’s name is God.
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Iron till it be thoroughly heated is incapable to be wrought; so God sees good to cast some men into the furnace of affliction, and then beats them on his anvil into what frame he pleases.
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Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God!
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Is man one of God's blunders or is God one of man's blunders?
Original:Ist der Mensch ein Fehlgriff Gottes? Oder Gott ein Fehlgriff der Menschen?
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It brings to mind a story Mickey liked to tell on himself. He pictured himself at the pearly gates, met by St. Peter, who shook his head and said, 'Mick, we checked the record. We know some of what went on. Sorry, we can't let you in, but before you go, God wants to know if you'd sign these six dozen baseballs.
Source: Eulogy for Mickey Mantle, Dallas, Tex., 15 August 1995 -
It is a noble land that God has given us: a land that can feed and clothe the world; a land whose coastlines would enclose half the countries of Europe; a land set like a sentinel between the two imperial oceans of the globe.
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It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either.
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It is Christ Himself, not the Bible, who is the true Word of God. The Bible, read in the right spirit and with the guidance of good teachers, will bring us to Him.
Source: Letter (8 November 1952) -
It is Christ Himself, not the Bible, who is the true word of God. The Bible, read in the right spirit and with the guidance of good teachers, will bring us to Him. We must not use the Bible as a sort of encyclopedia out of which texts can be taken for use as weapons.
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It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels he is worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.
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It is faith among men that holds the moral elements of society together, as it is faith in God that binds the world to his throne.
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It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
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It is hardly to be believed how spiritual reflections when mixed with a little physics can hold people's attention and give them a livelier idea of God than do the often ill-applied examples of his wrath.
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It is highly convenient to believe in the infinite mercy of God when you feel the need of mercy, but remember also His infinite justice.
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