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A quiet mind is one which nothing weighs on, nothing worries, which, free from ties and from all self-seeking, is wholly merged into the will of God and dead to its own.
Meister Eckhart1260–1328Talks of Instruction (Reden der Unterweisung, c. 1295), ch. 2; as translated in Patrick Grant (ed.), A Dazzling Darkness: An Anthology of Western Mysticism (1985)
Maybe God has let everybody who ever lived be reborn — so he or she can see how it ends.
Kurt Vonnegut1922–2007Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1970), “Dr. Norbert Woodley”
Your thought advocates Judaism, Brahmanism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam. In my thought there is only one universal religion, whose varied paths are but the fingers of the loving hand of the Supreme Being.
Kahlil Gibran1883–1931Your Thought and Mine
- Religion
It seems to me that if there is some infinite being who wants us to think alike he would have made us alike.
Robert G. Ingersoll1833–1899The trial of Charles B. Reynolds for blasphemy (1887)
- Thinking
We do not become righteous by doing righteous deeds but, having been made righteous, we do righteous deeds.
Martin Luther1483–1546Disputation against Scholastic Theology (1517), Thesis 40
- Theology
- Virtue
Man is by nature unable to want God to be God. Indeed, he himself wants to be God, and does not want God to be God.
Martin Luther1483–1546Disputation against Scholastic Theology (1517), Thesis 17
- Theology
The gods behold all righteous actions.
Ovid43 BC–AD 17Fasti, Book II, line 117
- Virtue
The waves belong to the Ganges, not the Ganges to the waves. A man cannot realize God unless he gets rid of all such egotistic ideas as “I am such an important man” or “I am so and so”.
Ramakrishna1836–1886The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942), p. 385
- Pride
All will surely realize God. All will be liberated.
Ramakrishna1836–1886The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942), p. 818
Unless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth.
Ramakrishna1836–1886Sayings of Sri Ramakrishna (1960) (531)
- Truth & Lies
However great the exertion of our mind may be to comprehend the Divine Being or any of the ideals, we find a screen and partition between God and us.
Maimonides1138–1204Guide for the Perplexed (c. 1190), Part III, Ch.9
- Theology
Since I have always been a strong believer in God, I knew that He was with me, and only He could get me through that next step.
Rosa Parks1913–2005Quiet Strength (2000)
- Faith
Man is infinitely concerned about the infinity to which he belongs, from which he is separated, and for which he is longing.
Paul Tillich1886–1965Systematic Theology (1951–63)
- Theology
It takes a while to realize that God can empty garbage.
Ram Dass1931–2019Be Here Now (1971)
If there is a god, why did he make me an atheist? That was his first mistake. Well, the talking snake was his first mistake.
Ricky Gervaisborn 1961“Inside the Actors Studio,” 2009
- Atheism
- Comedy