#god

Everything I did, all my actions, all of the problems I had I dedicate to God and to Chile, because I kept Chile from becoming Communist. ↗

— Augusto Pinochet

#because #becoming #chile #communist #dedicate

I regret and suffer those losses, but it's God's will. He will pardon me if I committed excesses, but I don't think I did. ↗

— Augusto Pinochet

#did #excesses #god #i #losses

A good education is that which prepares us for our future sphere of action and makes us contented with that situation in life in which God, in his infinite mercy, has seen fit to place us, to be perfectly resigned to our lot in life, whatever it may be. ↗

— Ann Plato

#contented #education #fit #future #god

God is not external to anyone, but is present with all things, though they are ignorant that he is so. ↗

— Plotinus

#anyone #external #god #ignorant #present

Mankind is poised midway between the gods and the beasts. ↗

— Plotinus

#between #gods #mankind #midway #poised

It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him; for the one is only belief - the other contempt. ↗

— Plutarch

#better #contempt #god #him #only

This means that to man God gave a degree of free will. ↗

— Kenneth Scott Latourette

#free #free will #gave #god #man

However, as the Eastern churches have always maintained, through Christ creation is intended eventually to share in the life of God, the life of divine nature. ↗

— John Polkinghorne

#christ #churches #creation #divine #divine nature

My parents wanted to light my artistic candle. But over time, the definition of 'the arts' began to stretch. And as I got older, they suddenly realized, Oh, my God, we're the parents of Iggy Pop. ↗

— Iggy Pop

#arts #began #candle #definition #god

Lo! The poor Indian, whose untutored mind sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#god #hears #him #indian #mind