#god

It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God, requires that God shall lower Himself to him, and who resorts to prayer not to stir the man in us to will what God wills, but only to persuade God to will what the man in us wills. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

#does #far #god #him #himself

Reason in man is rather like God in the world. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

#like #man #rather #reason #world

The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary to reasonableness. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

#considers #contrary #god #mainly #moral

If I am not, may God put me there; and if I am, may God so keep me. ↗

— Joan of Arc

#god #i #i am #keep #may

I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God's will. ↗

— Joan of Arc

#die #god #i #know #rather

Of the love or hatred God has for the English, I know nothing, but I do know that they will all be thrown out of France, except those who die there. ↗

— Joan of Arc

#english #except #france #god #hatred

God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#crooked #god #makes #straight #thought

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god. ↗

— Aristotle

#delighted #either #god #solitude #whosoever

He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god. ↗

— Aristotle

#because #either #god #himself #live

I want to play trailer trash; I swear to God. ↗

— Joan Van Ark

#i #play #swear #trailer #trash