“I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.”
“God is subtle, but He is not malicious. I cannot believe that God plays dice with the world.”
“Here is God's purpose -- for God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun, proper or improper.”
“By the year 2000 we will, I hope, raise our children to believe in human potential, not God.”
“With God, what is terrible is that one never knows whether it's not just a trick of the devil.”
“God hears no more than the heart speaks; and if the heart be dumb, God will certainly be deaf.”
“Fundamentalists believe Jesus was God becoming man. I believe that Jesus was man becoming God.”
“Seek to cultivate a buoyant, joyous sense of the crowded kindnesses of God in your daily life.”
“Jesus might have said, ''I became man for you. If you do not become God for me, you wrong me.''”
“And again: No more gods! no more gods! Man is King, Man is God! -- But the great Faith is Love!”
“Whether or not God is dead: it is impossible to keep silent about him who was there for so long.”
“I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much.”
“We always believe God is like ourselves, the indulgent think him indulgent and the stern, terrible.”
“God has been pleased to prescribe limits to his power and to work out his ends within these limits.”
“The one thing that a fish can never find is water; and the one thing that man can never find is God.”
“To know the will of God is the greatest knowledge! To do the will of God is the greatest achievement.”
“The most important thought that ever occupied my mind is that of my individual responsibility to God.”
“God is not external to anyone, but is present with all things, though they are ignorant that he is so.”
“God has marvelous ways of taking our worst tragedies and turning them into His most glorious triumphs.”
“Nothing hath separated us from God but our own will, or rather our own will is our separation from God.”
“If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager then without hesitation, that He exists.”
“Among the attributes of God, although they are equal, mercy shines with even more brilliance than justice.”
“If the sea were ink for the words of my Lord, the sea would be spent before the Words of my lord are spent.”
“I'm one of those cliff-hanging Catholics. I don't believe in God, but I do believe that Mary was his mother.”
“Though God's attributes are equal, yet his mercy is more attractive and pleasing in our eyes than his justice.”
“All your Western theologies, the whole mythology of them, are based on the concept of God as a senile delinquent.”
“If God gives you a watch, are you honoring Him more by asking Him what time it is or by simply consulting the watch?”
“How can one better magnify the Almighty than by sniggering with him at his little jokes, particularly the poorer ones.”
“All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold.”
“God is more concerned about who you are than what you do, and He is more concerned about what you do than where you do it.”