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Prior to an individual's encounter with the love of God at a particular time in history, however, there has to be another, more fundamental and archetypal encounter, which belongs to the conditions of possibility of the appearance of divine love to man. ↗

— Hans Urs von Balthasar

#appearance #archetypal #belongs #conditions #divine

To be sure, the response of faith to revelation, which God grants to the creature he chooses and moves with his love, occurs in such a way that it is truly the creature that provides the response, with its own nature and its natural powers of love. ↗

— Hans Urs von Balthasar

#creature #faith #god #god grants #grants

I am always saying, 'I don't believe in God; I believe in Al Pacino.' And that's true. If I ever get a phone call saying 'Would you like to work with Al Pacino?' I would go crazy. ↗

— Javier Bardem

#al pacino #always #am #believe #call

I've always said I don't believe in God, I believe in Al Pacino. ↗

— Javier Bardem

#al pacino #always #believe #god #i

It is great good health to believe, as the Hindus do, that there are 33 million gods and goddesses in the world. It is great good health to want to understand one's dreams. It is great good health to desire the ambiguous and paradoxical. ↗

— Clive Barker

#believe #desire #dreams #goddesses #gods

I seemed so different from other kids; I grew up in church and felt a connection with God, and a lot of kids my age really didn't understand that. ↗

— Fantasia Barrino

#church #connection #different #felt #god

That men should live honestly, quietly, and comfortably together, it is needful that they should live under a sense of God's will, and in awe of the divine power, hoping to please God, and fearing to offend Him, by their behaviour respectively. ↗

— Isaac Barrow

#behaviour #comfortably #divine #fearing #god

There's a tremendous difference between alone and lonely. You could be lonely in a group of people. I like being alone. I like eating by myself. I go home at night and just watch a movie or hang out with my dog. I have to exert myself and really say, oh God, I've got to see my friends 'cause I'm too content being by myself. ↗

— Drew Barrymore

#being #being alone #between #cause #content

No one can be saved - in virtue of what he can do. Everyone can be saved - in virtue of what God can do. ↗

— Karl Barth

#god #saved #virtue

Jews have God's promise and if we Christians have it, too, then it is only as those chosen with them, as guests in their house, that we are new wood grafted onto their tree. ↗

— Karl Barth

#christians #god #grafted #guests #house