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The atheist who affects to reason, and the fanatic who rejects reason, plunge themselves alike into inextricable difficulties.
Thomas Paine1737–1809Discourse to the Theophilanthropists (1798)
- Atheism
- Religion
To God, and not to man, are all men to account for their belief.
Thomas Paine1737–1809Discourse to the Theophilanthropists (1798)
- Faith
But where says some is the King of America? I’ll tell you Friend, he reigns above, and doth not make havoc of mankind like the Royal Brute of Britain.
Thomas Paine1737–1809Common Sense (1776), Part 2In context
- America
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
Religion it self is nothing else but Love to God and Man. He that lives in Love lives in God, says the Beloved Disciple: And to be sure a Man can live no where better.
William Penn1644–1718Some Fruits of Solitude (1693), nos. 551–553
- Love
- Religion
Love is above all; and when it prevails in us all, we shall all be Lovely, and in Love with God and one with another.
William Penn1644–1718Some Fruits of Solitude (1693), nos. 554–556
- Love
God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style, He just goes on trying other things.
Pablo Picasso1881–1973Picasso quoted in ‘TIME’; quoted in: The Atlantic, Vol. 214 (1964), p. 97.
- Art
I talk to God but the sky is empty.
Sylvia Plath1932–1963Draft of letter to Richard Sassoon (February 1956)
- Prayer
The soul of man is immortal and imperishable.
Plato429–349 BCThe RepublicIn context
Dear Pan and all the other Gods of this place, grant that I may be beautiful inside.
Plato429–349 BCPhaedrus, 279c
- Beauty
- Prayer
I don’t think I’ve found God, but I may have seen where gods come from.
Terry Pratchett1948–2015“I create gods all the time—now I think one might exist” (2008)
- Religion
There was no difference between the behavior of a god and the operations of pure chance.
Thomas Pynchonborn 1937Gravity’s Rainbow (1973), Pt. 3
- Luck
What are the stars but points in the body of God where we insert the healing needles of our terror and longing?
Thomas Pynchonborn 1937Gravity’s Rainbow (1973), Pt. 4
This māyā, that is to say, the ego, is like a cloud. The sun cannot be seen on account of a thin patch of cloud; when that disappears one sees the sun. If by the grace of the guru one’s ego vanishes, then one sees God.
Ramakrishna1836–1886The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942), p. 169
Brahman and Śakti are identical. If you accept the one, you must accept the other.
Ramakrishna1836–1886The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942), p. 134
- Theology