#god

Do what you do only for God's sake, start for God's sake, work for God's sake, and act within the sphere of God's good approval. ↗

— Said Nursi

#allah #do #god #religion #work

God and religion before every thing!' Dante cried. 'God and religion before the world.' Mr Casey raised his clenched fist and brought it down on the table with a crash. 'Very well then,' he shouted hoarsely, 'if it comes to that, no God for Ireland!' 'John! John!' cried Mr Dedalus, seizing his guest by the coat sleeve. Dante stared across the table, her cheeks shaking. Mr Casey struggled up from his chair and bent across the table towards her, scraping the air from before his eyes with one hand as though he were tearing aside a cobweb. 'No God for Ireland!' he cried, 'We have had too much God in Ireland. Away with God! ↗

— James Joyce

#ireland #religion

In the war of magic and religion, is magic ultimately the victor? Perhaps priest and magician were once one, but the priest, learning humility in the face of God, discarded the spell for prayer. ↗

— Patti Smith

#magic #magician #priest #religion #religion

At the end of time when God judges us humans, I just hope He remembers to judge Himself as well. ↗

— Indra Sinha

#religion #religion

I don't believe in angels and I have trouble with the whole God thing. I don't want to say I don't believe in God but I don't think I do. But I believe in people who do. ↗

— Billy Connolly

#atheism #belief #christianity #god #religion

‎"You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do. ↗

— Ann Lamott

#hate #religion #religion

Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them. ↗

— Barry M. Goldwater

#compromise #god #lobbying #politics #preachers

I wish all those who've found God, would tell the rest of us where he's been hiding. ↗

— Quentin R. Bufogle

#religion #religion

We are our own gods. ↗

— Zeena Schreck

#gods #occult #religion #religion

It has always been my belief that if you don’t ask the right questions, you won’t get the right answers. ↗

— Reid A. Ashbaucher

#made-in-the-image-of-god #philosophy #philosophy-of-religion #reid-ashbaucher #religion